Trader Joe's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FOUND DISPLAY REACH IN COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE. COLD HOLDING AT 47.0F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-005 A. TAGGED DISPLAY REACH IN COOLER.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES. FOUND APPROXIMATELY 90 POUNDS OF CHICKEN/LENTIL SOUP AT TEMPERATURE 43.6F, APPROXIMATE 15 POUNDS OF BEEF LASAGNA AT 46.9F, APPROXIMATE 60 POUNDS OF SUSHI ROLLS AT 47.3F, APPROXIMATE 150 POUNDS OF LOBSTER/CHEESE/CHICKEN RAVIOLI AT 43.4F, APPROXIMATE 100 POUNDS OF ROAST BEEF/PORK AT 43.2F, APPROXIMATE 200 POUNDS OF PREPARED CHICKEN SALADS AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM 45.2 - 50.0F, AND 10 POUNDS TURKEY WRAP AT 48.5F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-005 A. APPROXIMATELY 625 POUNDS OF FOOD DISPOSED. MANAGEMENT STATES APPROXIMATELY 15,000 DOLLARS OF FOOD DISPOSED.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: FOUND FOOD CONTAINER NOT STORED PROPERLY ON SHELVING UNITS. MUST STORE INVERTED.
  code 31

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 30, 2016: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 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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