IRVING PARK EARLY LEARNING CNT Gets Conditional Pass on Health Inspection - Chicago Children's services facility

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: FOUND MILK A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 45.8 F AND 50.1 F HELD INSIDE STORAGE ROOM 1-DOOR REACH IN COOLER. OBSERVED SAID COOLER DOOR WAS NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF COOLER IS 40.4 F WHEN COMPLETELY CLOSED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MUST BE HELD AT 40 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE MILK VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).

Ill food workers cause 70% of foodborne outbreaks. Proper reporting prevents transmission of Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Salmonella, and other serious diseases.

All food employees must understand and follow health reporting requirements and food safety responsibilities.

Employees must: Report illness symptoms and exposures; Be excluded/restricted when ill; Understand their role in preventing foodborne illness; Follow proper hygiene practices; Have signed health policy on file.