EL MILAGRO Fails Health Inspection - Chicago Grocery store

HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: OBSERVED POOR HYGENIC PRACTICES BY FOOD HANLDER. FEMALE EMPLOYEE EATING MASA (USED HAND TO PICK UP, PLACED IN MOUTH, AND EATING) WHILE PREPARING, HANDLING AND SERVING MASA (OPEN FOOD) TO CUSTOMERS. ALSO SAME EMPLOYEE WITH EXCESSIVE PINK, WATERY EYES, AND RUBBING EYES WHILE HANDLING MASA. EMPLOYEE STATES HAS SINUS INFECTION AND CRYING. INSTD MGR TO HAVE EMPLOYEE REFRAIN FROM WORKING/HANDLING FOOD WHEN ILL. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-010A CRITICAL.

Hands are #1 vehicle for pathogen transfer. Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods causes majority of foodborne outbreaks.

Proper handwashing and no bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods.

Wash hands for 20 seconds with soap and warm water; Use utensils, deli tissue, or gloves for ready-to-eat foods; Wash hands after restroom, handling raw foods, touching face/hair, and between tasks.

HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: OBSERVED POOR HYGENIC PRACTICES BY FOOD HANLDER. FEMALE EMPLOYEE EATING MASA (USED HAND TO PICK UP, PLACED IN MOUTH, AND EATING) WHILE PREPARING, HANDLING AND SERVING MASA (OPEN FOOD) TO CUSTOMERS. ALSO SAME EMPLOYEE WITH EXCESSIVE PINK, WATERY EYES, AND RUBBING EYES WHILE HANDLING MASA. EMPLOYEE STATES HAS SINUS INFECTION AND CRYING. INSTD MGR TO HAVE EMPLOYEE REFRAIN FROM WORKING/HANDLING FOOD WHEN ILL. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-010A CRITICAL.

Hands are #1 vehicle for pathogen transfer. Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods causes majority of foodborne outbreaks.

Proper handwashing and no bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods.

Wash hands for 20 seconds with soap and warm water; Use utensils, deli tissue, or gloves for ready-to-eat foods; Wash hands after restroom, handling raw foods, touching face/hair, and between tasks.