The Tea Post

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• 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: FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHERE ALL FOOD/CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN REPORTING ANY ILLNESSES INCURRED THAT IS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 3Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: NOTED CUSTOM BUILT ICE DISPENSER WITH ICE AGITATOR. INSTD TO PROVIDE SPECIFICATION SHEETS THAT ALL MATERIALS ARE FOOD GRADE. MISSING DISPENSERS FOR SINGLE SERVICE CUPS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINER. PRIORITY 7-38-005.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FRESH WATER STORAGE TANK NOT SELF DRAINING. INSTD TO CORRECT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 51
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
  Inspector note: LIQUID WASTE RETENTION TANK WITH DRAIN LINE LOCATED INSIDE OF VEHICLE. INSTD TO LOCATED IN A SEPARATE AREA FROM THE FOOD STORAGE/ FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRIP TRAY FOR ICE CHUTE AND TEA DISPENSERS PROPERLY CONNECTED TO WASTE RETENTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 52

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 22, 2019: 2 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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