Waldo Cooney's Pizza

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST PROVIDE HOT/COLD WATER WITH ADEQUATE CITY PRESSURE, SOAP/PAPER TOWELS, AND HAND WASHING SIGNAGE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: PROVIDED PROCEDURE AND KIT. MUST PROVIDE DISINFECTANT EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS, AND DISPOSABLE MOP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
  code 5Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO LABELS ON PREPPED, TCS FOODS IN COOLERS. MUST LABEL ALL PREPPED, TCS FOODS WITH DISCARD DATE WHEN HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
  code 23
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RAW WOOD ON WALL WEST UNDER PREP TABLE, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL. ALSO REMOVE DUCT TAPE FROM PREP TABLE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING OF LARGE, CLEAN IN PLACE EQUIPMENT (LARGE MIXER, ETC.). MUST DEMONSTRATE PROCEDURE.
  code 48

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 9, 2017: 5 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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