Taqueria 5 De Mayo

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• 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: 2-102.14(A) EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY, AND MAINTAIN POLICY ON-SITE. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING POLICY GO TO WWW.CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG/HEALTH. PRIORITY FOUNDATION, 7-38-012(A) NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 FOUND NO PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO IMPLEMENT AN APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE, WITH NECESSARY SUPPLIES, AND TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE RIPPED GASKETS AROUND THE 2-DOOR REACH-IN REFRIGERATOR IN THE REAR PREP AND THE GASKETS AROUND THE COLD-HOLDING RERIGERATION DOORS IN THE FRONT PREPARATION AREA.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-202.11 (A) OBSERVED A SLOW LEAK FROM THE DRAIN LINE UNDER THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT OF THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE STAINLESS STEEL WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN TO REMOVE FOOD SPLATTER AND DEBRIS--MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 28, 2017: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 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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