Taqueria Mi Barrio Es Tepito

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL TCS FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE FOR COLD-HOLDING IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT COOK LINE COOLERS: SALSA AT 50.7F, COOKED RICE AT 47.1F, RAW BEEF AT 45.4F. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE TCS FOOD ITEMS. PERSON-IN-CHARGE DISCARDED ALL TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES AND DENATURED WITH BLEACH ON-SITE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LEFT COOK LINE COOLER AT 52.0F AND RIGHT COOK LINE COOLER AT 50.2F, IMPROPER TEMPERATURES FOR COLD-HOLDING. TAGGED COOLERS FOR INSPECTION WHILE ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE USE OF COOLERS TO STORE TCS FOODS UNTIL REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RIGHT COOK LINE COOLER MISSING INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER IN ALL COLD- AND HOT-HOLDING EQUIPMENT IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SUGAR, RICE BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINER NOT PROPERLY LABELED WITH THE COMMON NAME OF THE FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS WITH THE COMMON NAME OF THE FOOD AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 37
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MULTI-USE BOWLS USED AS SCOOP IN SEVERAL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS (SALSA, RICE). INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE BOWLS AND REPLACE WITH UTENSIL WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  code 39

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 27, 2023: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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