Hema's Kitchen

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

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED COOKED RICE AT 47.4F, AND YOGURT AT 43.5F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 10# OF FOOD WORTH $20. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EMPLOYEES WASH AND RINSE DISHES AND UTENSILS WITHOUT SANITIZING THEM. NO SANITIZER WAS FOUND ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT SENT AN EMPLOYEE TO BUY A CONTAINER OF BLEACH AT MY REQUEST. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO SANITIZE DISHES WITH A CONCENTRATION OF 100 PPM CHLORINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WHERE GREASE HAS ACCUMULATED.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REPLACE THE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE PREP AREA. MUST FILL IN ANY GAPS BETWEEN THE WALLS AND BASEBOARD. SEAL THE GAP IN THE CORNER OF THE STAINLESS STEEL WALL BEHIND THE BREAD OVEN.
  code 35
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: HAIR RESTRAINTS ARE NEEDED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE PREP AREA.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 7, 2010: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 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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