Taqueria El Primo

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: Previous minor violations from report # 1575426, on 9/11/15 not corrected. #32 MUST USE WASHABLE OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS FOR ALL STORED FOODS #34 FLOOR TILE COVING MISSING AT THE MOP SINK. MUST REPLACE. #41ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT IE: GRILLS, ICE MACHINE, COOLERS, MUST BE REMOVED FROM REAR YARD AREA TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORING. WIPING CLOTHS AND ICE MACHINES ICE SCOOPS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION. (ice scoop was moved to a clean container during inspection. Wiping cloths must be moved to a container with a sanitizing solution.) Instructed all previous minor violation must be corrected. Serious violation 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: Found hood above cooking line with dust build up and grease. Must clean and maintain.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: Found buckets in dining room on the floor to collect dripping water from apartments above. Instructed must have above repair addressed and also repair ceiling in dining room. Found standing water in the basement on the floor in front of ice machine and coolers. Instructed to repair drain line from ice machine to prevent water from leaking on the floor. Must maintain.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 11, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 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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