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• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️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 NUMEROUS RODENT DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON FLOOR AND BETWEEN AND ON PALLETS IN REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREAS. ALSO OBSERVED SEVERAL MICE DROPPINGS ON DISPLAY SHELVES OF SALES FLOOR NEXT TO THE DOG FOOD AND CAN SODAS. RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 11/10/16. SERIOUS VIOATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: REMOVE DROPPINGS ON DISPLAY SHELVES AT FRONT, CLEAN/SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: REMOVE DROPPINGS FROM FLOOR AT REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA CLEAN/SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALLBASE AT CORNERS AND AROUND PALLETS AT REAR. CLEAN FLOORS UNDER SHELVING AT WALK-IN COOLERS/FREEZERS AND AT FRONT DISPLAY AREA UNDER SHELVING OF HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP LITTER AND DEBRIS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE CLUTTER THROUGHOUT REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 6, 2015: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 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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