Taqueria La Zacatecana

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REFRIGERATED TCS FOODS WITHOUT SELL BY DATE ON LABELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOOD, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD GREATER THAN 24 HOURS MUST HAVE SELL BY DATE ON LABELS. PRIRORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN FRONT PREP AREA HANDWASH BOWL AND MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN SAID HANDWASH BOWL AND MOP SINK.
  code 39
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: SOME FRONT PREP AREA FLOOR TILES DAMAGED OR MISSING ALSO OBSERVED GAP BETWEEN WALL AND FLOOR UNDER FRONT PREP 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AT FRONT PREP AREA AND PROVIDE FLOOR BASE SEAL AT FLOOR/WALL UNDER FRONT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. • BASEMENT FLOOR CLUTTERED THROUGHOUT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF FLOOR OR REMOVE ITEMS.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 8, 2019: 4 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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