Tamalesy Restaurant Costa Grande

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS LOCATED AT THE HAND WASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(N) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR SUPPLIES (DISPOSABLE MASK, DISPOSABLE LATEX GLOVES AND DISPOSABLE MOP) ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED A THERMOMETER IS NEEDED INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER AND IN THE REACH IN COOLER LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. • 4-302.12 OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE TO PROPERLY TAKE TEMPERATURES OF FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 36
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 3-305.12 OBSERVED TWO REACH IN FREEZER (WITHOUT FOOD INSIDE) LOCATED IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE REACH IN FREEZERS OR PLACE REACH IN FREEZERS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 39
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.13 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DIRT DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS. • 6-201.11 OBSERVED FLOOR TILES MISSING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND THE CUSTOMER DINING AREA, WALLS NOT SEALED BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND IN THE CUSTOMER DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE ALL SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • 6-501.114 OBSERVED OLD UNUSED EQUIPMENT (FLAT TOP GRILL) LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on November 9, 2018: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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