YOLK CAFE Gets Conditional Pass on Health Inspection - Chicago Restaurant

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATRUES. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS STORED IN A CONTAINER OF ICE ON THE PREP LINE: SOUR CREAM AT 48.2F, SALSA AT 45.8F, EGG WHITES AT 46.4F, SCRAMBLED EGGS AT 51.0F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS INSIDE OF THE LINE PREP COOLER: CHEESE AT 47.3F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER: CHORIZO AT 44.2F, SAUSAGE AT 43.5F, GOAT CHEESE AT 44.2F, HAM AT 43.7F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 30# OF FOOD WORTH $65. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

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.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF EGG WHITES AND SCRAMBLED EGGS STORED ON A WIRE STORAGE RACK AT THE END OF THE COOK'S PREP LINE WHERE THE PUBLIC WALKS BY TO BE SEATED IN THE DINING ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOODS MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL TIMES. MANAGEMENT REMOVED THE EGGS FROM THE STORAGE RACK AND STORED THEM IN THE LINE PREP COOLER. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

Dirty equipment harbors and spreads pathogens, causing cross-contamination and illness.

All food contact surfaces must be properly cleaned and sanitized.

Wash, rinse, sanitize after each use; Clean between different raw foods; Every 4 hours for continuous use; When contaminated; Proper procedures and chemicals.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF EGG WHITES AND SCRAMBLED EGGS STORED ON A WIRE STORAGE RACK AT THE END OF THE COOK'S PREP LINE WHERE THE PUBLIC WALKS BY TO BE SEATED IN THE DINING ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOODS MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL TIMES. MANAGEMENT REMOVED THE EGGS FROM THE STORAGE RACK AND STORED THEM IN THE LINE PREP COOLER. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

Dirty equipment harbors and spreads pathogens, causing cross-contamination and illness.

All food contact surfaces must be properly cleaned and sanitized.

Wash, rinse, sanitize after each use; Clean between different raw foods; Every 4 hours for continuous use; When contaminated; Proper procedures and chemicals.