The Piggery

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• 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: FOUND 15 POUNDS OF COOKED PORK RIBS INSIDE COOLER AT TEMPERATURES OF 72.3F -75.6F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-005. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DISPOSE OF COOKED RIBS. MONETARY VALUE ABOUT 50 DOLLARS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROPERLY COOL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD TO 40F AND BELOW BEFORE STORING INSIDE COOLERS.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY ON SHELVING UNITS. MUST STORE INVERTED.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: FOUND EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE. FOUND INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS NOT CLEAN AT MAIN KITCHEN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT MAIN KITCHEN AND INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES AT ICE MACHINE WATERLINE, COFFEE MACHINE WATERLINE, AND MOP SINK FAUCET. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND MOPS AND BROOMS NOT STORED PROPERLY AT SIDE OF ICE MACHINE. MUST RELOCATE. FOUND EXCESSIVE CLUTTER AT SHELVING UNITS NEXT TO ICE MACHINE. (TOOLS, ETC.) MUST RELOCATE CLEAN AND ORGANIZE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 21, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 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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