#1 Chop Suey

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE BIN AND INTERIOR GUARD WITH SOME DIRT, NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BOXED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES FROM FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS LINER ON PREP TABLES THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE CARDBOARD AND ENSURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES REMAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ALONG WALLS BEHIND SHELVING UNITS IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN ALONG WALLS BEHIND SHELVING UNITS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DAMAGED BASEBOARDS ALONG WALLS UNDERNEATH EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK, NEAR ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 10, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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