Harold's Chicken Shack #52

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
  Inspector note: PERSON IN CHARGER HAS NO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
  code 1Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY/SITE WHILE TCS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN ARE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENROLL MORE EMPLOYEE'S IN THE CITY SANITATION CLASS TO COVER ALL SHIFTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
  code 2Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COUNTER TOP, PREP STATIONS,DRY STORAGE SHELVING, INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS AND FREEZER TO REMOVE SPILLS AND/OR DEBRIS.
  code 49
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS, CEILING AND ATTACHED VENT COVER.MUST REMOVE FOOD SPLATTER,DEBRIS AND/OR DUST. • OBSERVER PREMISES IN POOR REPAIR (PEELING PAINT AND HOLES AND OPENING INTO THE WALL) MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT ENTRY POINTS FOR PESTS. • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGH OUT TO REMOVE SPILL, DEBRIS AND/OR GREASE.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND DEBRIS. • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN BETTER LIGHTING THROUGH OUT PREMISES. OBSERVED BURNT OUT AND MISSING LIGHT BULBS.
  code 56
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 26, 2019: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 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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