Primos Pizza

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURES IN THE REAR PREP COLD HOLDING UNIT, SUCH AS 10LBS OF CHICKEN AT 50.5F. THE MANAGER DISCARDED AND DENATURED A TOTAL OF 10 LBS AT $100. ALL COLD TCS FOOD MUST MAINTAIN 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY EQUIPMENT FOR COLD HOLDING IN DISREPAIR. NOTED REACH IN PREP COOLER TO BE AT IMPROPER AT 51.5F. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FOR PROPER COLD HOLDING OF 41 DEGREES F OR BELOW. TAGGED UNIT. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDE FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLUTTER STORED ON THE FLOOR AT SIDE STORAGE AREAS NEAR RESTROOMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON THE FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS. OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON THE FAN IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND CEILING AND WALL VENTS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2582786 ON 10/3/23 WAS NOT CORRECTED:40-OBSERVED 2 FEMALE AND 1 MALE FOOD EMPLOYEE WORKING WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. 47 OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON THE PREP COOLER AND PREP FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 3, 2023: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 8 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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