Pupuceria & Res Cuscatleco

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• 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: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, FOUND ONE CONTAINER WITH 24LBS OF COOKED PORK(CARNITAS) AT 75.7F, AND ANOTHER CONTAINER WITH 26LBS AT 78.4F, ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLE. COOKED PORK WAS PURCHASED AT FIESTA MARKET, 1902 S ELHURST RD, MOUNT PROPECT IL. NO TEMPERTURE LOG AVAILABLE. OWNER HAS RECEIPT OF PURCHASE. INSTRUCTED COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE AT 40F OR BELOW, HOT 140 OR HIGHER. ENCOURAGED TEMP. LOGS. PORK DISCARDED, V=$800. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT IN THE BASEMENT, ON FLOOR AND ALONG EAST AND NORTH WALLS. OVER 70 RAT DROPPINGS NOTED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE AREAS AND SEAL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY. ENCOURAGED TO CALL PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN EXPOSED SINK AND 3PART SINK.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOKING EQUIPMENT AND CHEST FREEZERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS THRU-OUT DINING AREA, AND CLEAN VENT COVER INSIDE THE WASHROOM. ALSO REPLACE BROKEN BASEBOARDS UNDER SINKS AT REAR DISHWASHING AREA.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 12, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 7 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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