Food Safety Report: Salgado's Bakery, 4710 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL, USA.

4710 North Kimball Avenue, Chicago, 60625 Illinois, United States

Report date: Jan 8, 2024
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: person in charge does not have a city of chicago sanitation certificate. Priority foundation violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: found no certified food manager on site while tcs foods (ham, sandwich, dairy products, fresh fruit juice etc) are being prepared and served. Instructed person in charge, a certified food manager with city of chicago foodservice sanitation certificate must be present at all times when handling tcs foods. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012 citation issued

3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: found no employee health policy/training on site. Instructed to provide a signed employee health policy for each employee. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010 citation issued

5. Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
- comments: found no procedure/plan for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events. Instructed to provide and maintain required procedure/plan and appropriate supplies or kit. (necessary items at a minimum: gloves, face masks, disposable mops and appropriate sanitizer/spray that kills norovirus) priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed no hand drying device or paper towel available at handsink in front prep area and in rear dishwashing area. Instructed to provide. (corrected on site - employee provided papertowel at every handsink)) priority foundation 7-38-030 (c) citation issued.

22. Proper cold holding temperatures
- comments: found tcs foods at improper temperature requirement during storage and service in prep cooler (air temperature 0f 61. 2f) noted internal temperature of the following food item: sliced ham at 58. 2f, sliced hotdog at 59. 2f, sliced tomatoes at 56. 8f, sliced cheese at 58. 5f, mayonnaise at 57. 9f. Instructed person in charge, tcs foods must maintain cold holding temperature of below 41. 0f and hot holding temperature of above 135. 0f. Management discarded the said food products. Total value $50. 00, total weight 5 lbs. Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued

33. Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
- comments: found prep cooler with tcs foods not maintaining proper temperature. Noted prep cooler with and air temperature of 61. 2f. Instructed to fix. Coolers with tcs foods must maintain cold holding temperature of below 41. 0f. Prep cooler is tagged 'held for inspection'. Instructed not to use until repaired (see comments below). Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: observed no metal stem thermometer available on site. Instructed to provide metal stem thermometer for measuring internal temperature hot and cold holding of food products. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: instructed to properly label food storage containers (chocolate mix, sugar, vanilla mix etc) identified with common name.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: found over 100 rodent (mice) droppings along the walls and in all corners in the bakery prep area, underneath 3 compartment sink, 20 mice droppings inside the storage cabinet in rear prep/storage area. Instructed to remove, clean and sanitize the affected areas. Recommend to contact licensed pest control for service. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020 (a) citation issued

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: observed open baked pastries for sale not properly protected from public contamination. Noted different types of bread/pastries in an open/exposed baking racks display for sale in the customer area. Instructed person in charge, all open food (bread and pastries) for sale must be properly protected (covered or store inside the bread cabinet). (corrected on site - employee stored pastries inside the display bread cabinet) priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: observed debris on ground around under and around garbage dumpster in rear outside area. Instructed to clean maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed mopsink in rear moproom in poor repair with broken wall tile. Instructed to repair and maintain.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations not corrected from inspection report# 2568469 issued on 12-13-2022. Priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued #16 - instructed to detail clean and maintain interior and exterior surfaces of all baking equipment with excessive dried food debris accumulation (mixer, oven). #38 - instructed to rodent proof bottom of front entrance door. #49 - instructed to detail clean and maintain the following: interior and exterior surfaces of all coolers, mixers, oven, storage shelves and racks. #51 - instructed to repair slow draining handsink in prep area. #55 - instructed to detail clean and maintain floors with excessive dried food debris and grease along the walls and in all corners throughout prep/dishwashing area, under and around cooking and cooling equipment. #55 - instructed to detail clean and maintain walls with heavy dried food spillage throughout prep/dishwashing area. #55 - instructed to replace missing ceiling tile and water stained ceiling above prep/dishwashing area.

Source: chicago.gov