Potbelly Sandwich Works Llc

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF COOKED CHICKEN INSIDE PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 50.0F. MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40.0F OR BELOW. FOOD REMOVED AND DISCARDED APPROX 1- LB BY MANAGER-CDI.. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
  code 3Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED,( IE MAKING CHICKEN SANDWICHES, CHILI,ETC) SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOLERS NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS AND DRIED FOOD PARTICLES.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 23, 2017: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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