Ding Sheng

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: ON PREMISES FOR A CANVASS RE-INSPECTION. NO CITY CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS(RICE,CHICKEN,DUCK, BEEF AND PORK) ARE BEING PREPARED, HELD AND SERVED. CITY CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY LABEL ALL BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, REFRIGERATION UNITS, PREP TABLES,SHELVING RACKS, CABINETS AND SINKS IN ALL PREP AREAS, IN THE UNUSED KITCHEN IN THE REAR, IN THE BAR AREAS AND IN ALL STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE GREASE, FOOD DEBRIS AND MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCES. ALSO CLEAN VENTILATION HOODS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND VENT COVERS IN WASHROOMS AND IN PREP AREAS. MUST REMOVE HEAVY GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: : MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN DINING AND BAR AREAS AND REMOVE STICKY RESIDUE. MUST ALSO CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL STORAGE AREAS AND IN ALL PREP AREAS. MUST ALSO DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS IN THE WALK IN COOLER.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 24, 2017: 4 findings 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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