TRADER JOE'S EAST

PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION CORRECTED, 7-42-090 - Comments: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM REPORT #1138425 ON 7/30/12 NOT CORRECTED: 21/02 - NO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE, AND NO CERTIFICATE POSTED WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. A SAMPLING COUNTER IS LOCATED AT THE BACK OF STORE WHERE SLICING AND PORTIONING OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD SAMPLES (CHEESE AND CRACKERS) ARE GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTED MGR. TO OBTAIN A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE. A PHONE CALL WAS MADE TO A CERTIFIED MANAGER AND HE ARRIVED ONSITE AT 11:30AM. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.

* INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS - Comments: PREVIOUS INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM 7/30/12 WAS NOT POSTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. AN INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT FROM 8/19/11 WAS POSTED IN A FRAME ON THE WALL BEHIND THE SERVICE DESK. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE DEAD FLIES FROM THE PRODUCE COLUMNS.

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NO CERTIFIED FOOD AND SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE, NO CERTIFICATE POSTED WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUSE FOODS, A SAMPLING COUNTER AT THE BACK OF STORE WHERE SLICING AND PORTIONING OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD SAMPLES GIVING TO CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTED MGR TO OBTAIN A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: BOXES OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE ROOMS, INSTRUCTED TO STORE OFF FLOOR.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: ALL STOCK/SUPLLIES AT DRY OR COLD STORAGE AREAS MUST BE ELEVATED OFF THE FLOOR. The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: ANY MILK CRATES USED FOR DRY/COLD STORAGE RACKS MUST BE REPLACED WITH REGULAR SHELVINGS, FOR EASY ACCESS TO CLEANING/PEST MONITORING. All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR DAIRY REACH IN COOLER.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. Washroom handwash bowl sink draining slowly. Must repair and maintain sink.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. No thermometer inside milk reach in cooler. Must provide thermometer for cooler.