Panera Bread

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND AN EMPTY PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK NEXT TO THE BREAD PROOFER. MANAGER PROVIDED PAPER TOWELS AT ABOVE SAID SINK. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. CDI.
  code 12Priority
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND APPROXIMATELY 20 LIVE SMALL FLIES THROUGHOUT PREMISES ON THE WALLS BY THE FOUNTAIN DRINK STATION, ON WALLS BEHIND THE CASH REGISTER STATIONS AND WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE BACK AREA AROUND THE MOP SINK AREA. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ABOVE STATED AREAS. RECCOMEND ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED.
  code 18
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY STORE SPOONS, KNIVES AND FORKS WITH THE HANDLE UP AT ALL TIMES AT THE FRONT PREP AREA ON THE LOWER SHELF OF THE COUNTER TOP.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST RPOPERLY CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE INNER PANEL AT THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE SLIGHT BUILD-UP.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST REGROUT FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE 3-COMP SINK TO PREVENT PEST BREEDING.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 14, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.