Hong Kong Buffet

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #664347 DATED 1/23/12. #30- MISSING LABEL AND DATE ON ALL FOOD CONTAINERS THAT IS NOT THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER, WALK IN FREEZER, PREP COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE LABEL/NAME OF THE PRODUCT. #33-MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND SANITIZE ALL THE PAPER TOWEL HOLDER,BOTTOM SHELVE OF THE PREP TABLES, ALL EXTERIOR OF THE BULK CONTAINERS WITH RICE, FLOUR, SUGAR,CORN STARCH,ETC. THE WASHBOWL SINK OF THE EMPLOYEES WASHROOM, WIRE RACK SHELVE OF THE PREP COOLER AND ALL THE TOP SHELVE ABOVE THE PREP COOLER AND MAINTAIN.#35-STAINED CEILING TILES INSIDE THE WOMENS WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE. PEELING PAINT ON THE WALLS ABOVE THE EXIT DOOR ABOVE THE DISH MACHINE. MUST SCRAPE PEELING PAINT AND REPAINT. MUST CLEAN THE WALLS BEHIND THE PREP TABLES,INSIDE THE STORAGE ROOM AND MAINTAIN. CEILING IN THE STORAGE ROOM NEEDS DETAIL CLEANING. VENTILATION COVER INSIDE THE MENS WASHROOM WITH HEAVY DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. #41-CLUTTER IN THE CORNER BY THE EXIT DOOR. MUST DISCARD UNNECESSARY ITEMS, ORGANIZE AND CLEAN THE AREA TO PREVENT RODENT INSECTS HARBORAGE. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE FOLLOWING: INSIDE THE CABINET BELOW THE HOT HOLDING BUFFET ISLAND. THE INSIDE AND EXTERIOR OF THE SUSHI CASE(NO FOODS INSIDE AT THIS TIME),INSIDE AND TOP OF THE THE CABINET OF THE PREP COOLER BELOW THE SUSHI CASE, INTERIOR LID OF THE RICE COOKER, ALL TOP OF THE PREP TABLES AND ALL THE DOOR AND HANDLES OF THE REACH IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 27, 2012: 1 finding 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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