Szymanski Deli & Liquor

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
  code 5Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SHELVING AND CABINETS UNDER WORK TABLES OT SECOND FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA STARTING TO RUST.INDTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR. CORE VIOLATION.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE AT DELI AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL OR FIND THE LOCATION OF THE BACKFLOW DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE AT DELI AREA. CORE VIOLATION
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLUTTER INSIDE THE EAST WASHROOM 1ST FLOOR.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE CLUTTER FROM EAST RESTROOM 1ST FLOOR. CORE VIOLATION
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LIGHT SHIELD MISSING FROM SECOND FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A LIGHT SHIELD AT SECOND FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA. CORE VIOLATION
  code 56
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLERS.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO GET FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATION
  code 57
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMET TO BECOME ALLERGEN CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATION
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 27, 2017: 8 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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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