Philly's Best

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeSuspected Food Poisoning
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(N) FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. 7-38-010. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEANUP PROCEDURE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005.MUST PROVIDE.
  code 5Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: 3-501.17 FOUND PREPARED FOOD INSIDE WALK IN COOLER NOT LABELED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005.MUST LABEL PREPARED READY TO EAT FOOD HELD MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITH SEVEN DAY CONSUME BY DATE.
  code 23
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: FOUND FRUIT FLY ACTIVITY AT PREMISES. OBSERVED ABOUT 40 FRUIT FLIES ON WALLS AT MOP SINK AREAS AND DISHWASHING AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020A. MUST ELIMINATE FRUIT FLIES. NOTIFY PEST CONTROL OPERATOR.
  code 38
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: FOUND CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGERS WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 21, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings 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.

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