Taco Chino

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES; OBSERVED ONE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WASHING HER HANDS INSIDE THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK. ANOTHER FOOD HANDLER WASHED HIS HANDS INSIDE THE 3COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED HAND MUST BE WASHED INSIDE THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK. THE WASHING OF HANDS IN A UTENSIL-WASHING SINK IS PROHIBITED. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010(A).
  code 6Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: PREP FOODS INSIDE THE STORAGE REACH IN COOLERS NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARD IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOLERS, FREEZER, BOTTOM PANELS OF EQUIPMENT/PREP TABLES, MOP SINK, MICROWAVE OVEN, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND EXTERIOR OF DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DEBRIS ON FLOORS, MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND INSIDE MOP CLOSET AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: GREASE AND DUST ON HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: CLEANING TOWELS IMPROPERLY STORED, INSTRUCTED TO STORED IN AN APPROVED SANITIZER.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 8, 2012: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 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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