Gaijin

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: NOTED: The LOW-TEMPERATURE DISHWASING MACHINE IN USE IS NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. SANITIZING STRENGTH OF SANITIZER (CHLORINE) AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION WAS 0 PPM. EQUIPMENT MUST BE PROPERLY SANITIZED AT A MINIMUM OF 50 PPM. MANAGER SERVICED UNIT DURING INSPECTION. NOW SANITIZING AT 50PPM. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 19, 2024: 1 finding appeared for the first time.

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About this record

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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