Mama Chavez's Tamales & More

• official resultOkay
• ratingRated Okay
• score45 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings5
• critical findings5

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Failed findings

• 📋food worker cards missingcritical
  Official wording: 0200 - Food Worker Cards current for all food workers; new food workers trained
  code 0200REDstatus: RED
• ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical
  Official wording: 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
  code 0600REDstatus: RED
• ⚠️2000 - Proper reheating procedures for hot holdingcritical
  code 2000REDstatus: RED
• ♨️leftovers reheated sketchycritical
  Official wording: 2200 - Accurate thermometer provided and used to evaluate temperature of TCS foods
  code 2200REDstatus: RED
• ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical
  code 2600REDstatus: RED

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Okay on January 19, 2024: Score changed by +45 points. 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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About this record

This record comes from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: King County Open Data.