Panera Bread

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Hands Clean & Properly Washed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE IN THE DISHROOM HANDLING DIRTY DISHES PUT THRU THE LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE AND WITHOUT HAND WASHING HANDLED AND STORED CLEAN DISHES. MUST WASH HANDS EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.MANAGER CORRECTED THE ISSUE PRIORITY CITATION :7-38-010,CITATION ISSUED
  code 8Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: WE OBSERVED ICE/FOOD NOT PROTECTED. INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINES UPPER WATER RESERVOIR,A BUILD UP OF BLACK/BROWN SLIME SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE THROUGHOUT. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: BASEBOARD UNSTUCK TILES AND BROKEN UNDER THE COUNTER AT BAKERY AREA REPAIR REPLACE. • FLOORS IN DIFFERENT AREA OF PREMISES IN NEED OF CLEANING.DEBRIS AND GRIMES UNDER AND AROUND ICE MACHINE, BY THE MOP SINK,UNDER AND ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.REMOVE FOOD STAIN AT SAID AREA.
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: ADDITIONAL FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 16, 2023: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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