Taqueria La Chiquita

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH PORK RIBS INSIDE PAN THAT WERE FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE WHICH WAS AT 49.9F CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED THE FOOD ITEM WAS DESTROYED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION TOTAL WEIGHT 35LBS TOTAL COST $209.00 CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)CITATION ISSUED
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DEEP FRYER HASGREASE BUILD-UP INSIDE BOTTOM COMPARTMENT OF DEEP FRYER
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS NEED CLEANING IN THE FRONT PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL PREP COOLERS AT PREP AREA
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 10, 2013: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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