Popeyes Chicken

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE GREASE BUILDUP ON THE OVENS, SHELVES NEXT TO THE OVENS AND HOT HOTDING UNIT.
  code 49
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE LID OF THE GREASE DUMPSTER IN THE ALLEY REMOVED AND THE GREASE DUMPSTER FILLED WITH GREASE AND GARBAGE OVERFLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE DUMPSTER. ALSO OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE AND LITTER ON THE GROUND AROUND THE DUMPSTERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THE GREASE DUMPSTER EMPTIED AND CLEAN THE GROUND SURROUNDING THE DUMPSTERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 54
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2585677 ON 11/24/23 NOT CORRECTED: 57 - OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. 58 - OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATES TO COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 24, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.