Yvolina's Tamales+Groceries

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: CHEST FREEZER CONTAINING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD(COOKED PULLED PORK AND BAGS OF ICE) NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE(38.5F). INSTRUCTED THAT FREEZER MUST MAINTAIN FOOD AT O DEGREES OR LOWER. CHEST FREEZER TAG HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD, (13) 1-POUND BAGS OF COOKED PULLED PORK IN CLEAR PERMEABLE PLASTIC BAGS STORED PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN WATER AND ICE WITHIN A CHEST FREEZER AT REAR OF PREP AREA. ALSO NOTED THAT (7) 7LB BAGS OF ICE WERE ALSO IN A PLASTIC BAG PLACED OVER THE BAGS OF COOKED PULLED PORK ALSO IN SAME FREEZER. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY VOLUNTARILY DENATURED AND DISCARDED BOTH FOOD AND ICE. INSTRUCTED THAT FROZEN FOOD /ICE MUST BE STORED AT 0 DEGREES F OR LOWER. APPROX. WT. 20LBS, VALUE $260.00. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) ISSUED.
  code 16
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES AT REAR PREP AREA.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE CLUTTER AT REAR PREP AREA, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 6, 2018: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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