Tamal Express

• official resultScore 47
• score47 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Official wording: Food preparation area, food storage area, or other area used by employees or patrons, contaminated by sewage or liquid waste.
  code 04FCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Official wording: Sewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
  code 05ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
  code 09Cstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on May 1, 2024: Score changed by +36 points. 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.