Green Tea Japanese Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: 2-101.11 NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOOD IS PREPARED AND SERVED TO CUSTOMERS: SUSHI AND OTHER FOODS. NO PROOF OF ENROLLMENT IN SANITATION CLASS WAS PROVIDED DURING THE INSPECTION. AT LEAST ONE CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLER MUST HAVE A CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE, PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
  code 2Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4-602.11(B-E): INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE COMPARTMENTS IS NOT CLEAN (INTERIOR TOP AND BIN). ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
  code 16
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-501.15: LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE NOT IN WORKING CONDITION, NOT OPERABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REMOVE FROM PREMISES
  code 48
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13: BLACK SLIME AROUND THE FAUCET'S HANDLES AT THE MOP SINK. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-404.13 (B:3) PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 9-8-2022, REPORT# 2563384. #10) 5-204.11: HANDWASHING SINK REMOVED FROM DISHROOM TO INSTALL A LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE. THE OWNER STATED THEY WERE THEIR HANDS IN THE THIRD COMPARTMENT OF THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK, WHICH IS PRESENTLY PARTIALLY SET UP. MUST RE-INSTALL SAID SINK FOR PROPER HANDWASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED #60)8-404.13(B:4): PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 3-19-2020, REPORT #2366069 #47)4-201.11: REPAIR/REPLACE BROKEN RUBBER GASKET REACH-IN COOLER; SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE #47)4-501.11: FOUND DUCT TAPE AT CABINET DOORS UNDER FRONT COUNTER; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, REPAIR, OR REPLACE CABINET DOORS. #47)4-201.11: SPLASH GUARD AROUND HANDWASHING SINK AT FRONT AREA NOT SEALED INSTRUCTED TO SEAL PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-090, CITATION ISSUED PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public
  Inspector note: 8-304.11(A) PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED ON SITE FORM 9-8-2022, REPORT#2563384, INSTEAD STILL POSTED WAS INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT MARCH 19-2020. NEW SUMMARY REPORT GIVEN AND INSTRUCTED TO POST IN PUBLIC VIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-010(B), CITATION ISSUED.
  code 61

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on September 19, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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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