Szymanski Deli & Liquor

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• 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 POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS DURING STORAGE AND DISPLAY ON TOP OF DISPLAY COUNTER IN DELI PREP/SERVICE AREA. INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE FOLLOWING FOOD PRODUCTS: SMOKED HAM AT 67.5F, 71.4F, 69.9F, 68.9F, SMOKED FISH AT 49.8F, 61.6F, 68.3F AND SMOKED CHICKEN AT 60.9F, 64.6F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST MAINTAIN COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW AND HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 140F OR ABOVE. MANAGER DISCARDED THE SAID FOOD PRODUCTS. TOTAL VALUE $400.00 TOTAL WEIGHT OF 100 LBS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN STORAGE RACKS WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD ACCUMULATION INSIDE BAKERY WALK-IN COOLER AND INSIDE SECOND FLOOR KITCHEN WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE SECOND FLOOR PREP/COOKING AREA.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR DRAINPIPE WITH LEAK UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN SECOND FLOOR PREP/COOKING AREA.----------MUST PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR ALL 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.---------MUST REPAIR WATER LEAK UNDERNEATH EXPOSED HAND SINK IN BAKERY PREP AREA.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND BOXES STORED INSIDE SECOND FLOOR STORAGE ROOM (NEXT TO LIQUOR STORAGE) TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 20, 2014: 4 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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