The Tamale Spaceship

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO POLICY IN PLACE FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH. MUST PROVIDE. PRITORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED, 90 DAYS GIVEN TO COMPLY.
  code 3Priority
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MUST ADEQUATELY ATTACH FAUCET TO WAHBOWL IN WOMENS WASHROOM.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED, 90 DAYS TO COMPLY.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on July 13, 2018: 3 findings recurred. 2 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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