El Azteca Taqueria

• official resultC
• gradeGrade C
• score64 pts
• inspection typeROUTINE INSPECTION
• failed findings20
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  Official wording: # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
  code F0094 points
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  Official wording: # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
  code F02311 points
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  Official wording: # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
  code F0062 points
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
  code F0072 points
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
  code F0142 points
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  code F0291 point
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  Official wording: # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
  code F0331 point
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  Official wording: # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
  code F0351 point
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  code F0361 point
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  code F0371 point
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
  code F0381 point
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  code F0391 point
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
  code F0401 point
• 🚻bathroom issues
  Official wording: # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
  code F0431 point
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
  code F0441 point
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  code F0481 point
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  code F0522 points
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
  code F0532 points
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  code F0490 points
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  code F0500 points

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on October 4, 2023: Score changed by -28 points. 14 findings appeared for the first time. 6 findings recurred.

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This record comes from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: LA County Open Data.