Cj's Chicken

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE FOR FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PROCEDURE, BUT NO CLEAN UP KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOKED CHICKEN IN A PAN ON THE PREP TABLE UNDER A HEAT LAMP AT AN IMPROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE (109.4 DEGREE F). INSTRUCTED THAT HOT HOLDING SHOULD BE 135 DEGREE F OR ABOVE. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED SAID FOOD. APPROX 2 LB OF CHICKEN AND $15 VALUE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLUTTER OF BUCKETS, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND BOXES STORED IN BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE BATHROOM AND WAREWASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. • OBSERVED CEILING TILE IN DISREPAIR ABOVE THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 23, 2019: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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