Perez Mexican Food

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• 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: Adequate and convenient hand washing facilities shall be provided for all employees. The restaurant has moved its meat cutting and grinding operation into the basement where there is no sink for the food handlers to wash there hands. The basement meat preparation area is tagged held for inspection and cannot be used to prepare food until said area meets minimum requirements. Fax a tag removal request to 312-746-4240 when you are ready.
  code 12Priority
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. The floor under the three compartment sink is dirty, clean the floor from corner to corner.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. Shield the exposed glass bulbs above the kitchen sink area.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 25, 2010: 3 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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