The Purple Pig

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD BEING PREPARED IN AN UNAPPROVED AREA, 264 LBS OF VARIOUS MEATS CURING IN A CURING ROOM MADE FROM A WALK IN FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT WITHOUT A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES. ALSO, FOUND 568 LBS OF FROZEN MEAT AND VEGETABLES VACUUM PACKAGED IN THE BASEMENT PREP FREEZERS WITHOUT A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES. ALL FOOD THAT WAS FOUND CURING AND VACUUM PACKAGED HAS BEEN TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CDPH HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES AND TO PREPARE FOOD IN AN APPROVED PREP AREA OR PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE FOR THE FLOORS AND CEILINGS IN THE BASEMENT. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 16

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 8, 2014: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 7 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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