Rico Fresh Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS OR MORE OF PREVIOUSLY PREPARED MEALS (RICE BEANS, CHICKEN, SOUPS PARMASEAN, VARIETY FRESH SAUSAGES, FRESH CHEESES AND YOGURT FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN FROM 47.8F-55.0F. SAID FOOD ITEMS WERE STORED INSIDE 2 DISPLAY COOLING UNITS LOCATED IN REAR GROCERY NEAR DELI. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL COLD TCS FOODS @41F AND BELOW AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. ALL SAID FOOD ITEMS WERE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED BY PIC. TOTAL COST $320.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 2 DISPLAY COOLERS LOCATED IN REAR GROCERY NEAR FRESH MEAT AND DELI AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES DURING TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE STORING TCS FOODS (FRESH CHEESE SAUSAGE, CHICKEN). NOTED TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT @48.1F AND 50.1F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR EQUIPMENT TO 41F AND BELOW AS REQUIRED. BOTH UNITS TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MISSING OR BROKEN THERMOMETERS LINSIDE COOLING UNITS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 150 OR MORE SMALL BLACK LIVE FLIES THROUGHOUT DELI/PREPARED FOODS PREPARATION AREAS ON WALLS, PAPER TOWELS, REFRIGERATION EXTERIOR SURFACES, BASEMENT PREP, BAKERY PREP AND STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. MUST ELIMINATE LIVE PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-020 (a). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED ALL TABLES AND EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN BAKERY/PREPARED FOODS AND BASEMENT PREP AREAS IN NEED OF CLEANING AND SANITIZING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE BUILT UP DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON SAID SURFACES AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 OBSERVED FLOORS AND WALLS INCLUDING REAR STORAGE LEADING TO COMPACTOR, PRODUCE WALK IN COOLER, BASMENT STORAGE IN BETWEEN PALLETES, THROUGHOUT ALL PREP AREAS AND BEHIND LARGE COOLERS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL TRASH AND FOOD DEBRIS FROM SAID AREA. MUST MAINTAIN
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 14, 2026: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 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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