Zavala's Grocery Store Inc

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDSOAP AVAILABLE AT THE BUTCHER PREP AREA DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.7-38-030 (c). CITATION ISSUED. PIC PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS SAUSAGES AS WELL AS 50 LBS PORK SKIN WITH MEAT ATTACHED HANGING ON POLES RANGING BETWEEN 75F-85F LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL COLD TCS FOOD AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. PERSON IN CHARGE DISCARDED DURING THIS TIME.
  code 22
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CONTAINERS IN THE GROCERY AISLE WITHOUT LABELS (BREADCRUMBS). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  code 37
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RAW MEAT STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO FIND FOOD-GRADE BAGS FOR FOOD STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION UNIT IN BUTCHER PREP AREA WITH EXCESSIVE DRIED FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM CRACKS AND CREVICES OF EQUIPMENT.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 20, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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