Food Safety Report: 7 Eleven, 200 S Racine St , Chicago, Il, USA.

200 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, 60607 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 24, 2023
21. Proper hot holding temperatures
- comments: observed hot tcs food at improper hot holding temperatures inside the hot-holding unit located at the front counter. Found wings, boneless wings, chicken tenders, and beef tacos at 104f-120f. The hot holding unit was set to 120f at the time of inspection. Instructed management that all hot holding foods must be at 135f or above at all times. Food discarded. Priority violation 7-38-005. Citation issued.

22. Proper cold holding temperatures
- comments: found cold tcs foods at improper cold holding temperatures in the customer grab-and-go cooler located near the front door. Sub sandwiches containing ham, turkey, and roast beef were found at temperatures ranging from 48f to 53f. Instructed to discard and denature said tcs foods and always maintain all cold-holding tcs foods at or below 41f. Priority violation 7-38-005. Citation issued. Food discarded. Refer to violation #21 for citation.

33. Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
- comments: observed equipment not maintaining proper temperature. Noted temperature of the customer grab-and-go cooler located near the front door to be improper at 48f-55f where the sub sandwiches are located inside the unit (top and 2nd from top shelves on left side). All other areas of the cooler are operating at 41 and below. Cooler tagged - instructed to discontinue cooler use until re-inspected by cdph and maintain proper temperature of 41f and below throughout the entire unit. Priority violation 7-38-005. Citation issued.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: observed no recent inspection reports inside the pest control log book currently on site. The last report in the log book is dated 12/11/21. Instructed to have a pest control log book on site at all times with recent inspection reports (at least twice a year per code) and maintain. Priority foundation 7-38-020(c). Citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed base coving strip peeling from wall in the (left) unisex washroom. Must reattach base coving strip to wall and maintain.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previously cited core violation from 9/19/2022 report #2563859 not corrected: violation #51 (5-205. 15) observed no hot water at the 2-compartment sink. The sink is currently not in use. Must provide at all times. Must correct previous core violations. Priority foundation 7-42-090. Citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov