China Spring

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING COOKING/STORAGE.FOUND HALF BIT SANDWICH(BREAD AND MEAT)ON TOP THE COOKED WHITE RICE,INSIDE THE RICE UNIT.SANDWICH REMOVED AND RICE DISCARDED AND DENATURED.FOUND COOKED FOOD(EGG ROLLS) STORED ON TOP GROCERY BROWN BAGS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER TO SOAK THE EXCESS OIL,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A FOOD GRADE PAPER(WAX PAPER). ALSO FOUND THE ICE MACHINE WITH PINK / BROWN SLIME SUBSTANCE BUILD-UP ON ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR;ICE SCOOP CONTAINER STORED ON TOP THE UNIT WITH ENCRUSTED FOOD AND GREASE.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE AND ICE SCOOP.NO FOOD NOR BITTEN FOOD TO BE STORED INSIDE THE RICE UNIT WITH RICE,TO MINIMIZE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL USED TO LINE SHELVES,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.FOUND FOOD STORED INSIDE DIRTY,OILY,ENCRUSTED FOOD ON CARDBOARD BOXES THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE A FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS WITH LIDS.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE ONE DOOR SMALL COOLER BY THE RICE UNIT.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. NO STOPPERS PROVIDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. FOUND THRESHOLD PARTIALLY BROKEN AT REAR DOOR,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. COOKED AND RAW FOOD STORED INSIDE THE GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE BAGS OR FOOD CONTAINERS WITH LIDS TO STORE FOOD.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, HOOD,FILTERS,SHELVES, UNDER PREP TABLE,INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLERS, ALL DRY FOOD CONTAINERS(INTERIOR, EXTERIOR AND HANDLES) AND INSIDE THE DEEP FRYER WITH GREASE,DEBRIS AND ENCRUSTED FOOD,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES WITH DEBRIS BUILD-UP INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETER IS NEEDED INSIDE THE THREE DOOR REACH-IN PREP COOLER.PRESENTLY NO THERMOMETER.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 26, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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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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