China Kitchen

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER (AIR TEMPERATURE OF 41.8F). NOTED FOOD PRODUCT INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF COOKED CHICKEN AT 48.7F/47.1F/46.9F, EGG ROLL AT 44.5F/45.8F/48.2F, EGGS AT 46.9F/48.1F. PORK AT 47.9F/48.5F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST MAINTAIN COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW AND HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 140F OR ABOVE. MANAGER DISCARDED THE SAID FOOD PRODUCTS. TOTAL VALUE OF $75.00, TOTAL WEIGHT OF 25 LBS. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST REMOVE CARDBOARD LINER UNDER PREP SHELVES AND STORAGE SHELVES ON PREMISE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN METAL STORAGE RACKS WITH WHITE MOLDLIKE BUILD-UP INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS WITH GREASE SPILLAGE (NEXT TO EXPOSED HAND SINK).---------WALLS BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIR WITH ROTTEN WOOD. INSTRUCTED TO FIX. MUST BE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR.--------MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND FRONT/WAITING AREA.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/CLUTTER STORED ON TOP OF WALK-IN COOLER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 1, 2012: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 previous findings 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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