J J Fish & Chicken

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LARGE BINS USED TO STORE RAW AND COOKED CHICKEN/FISH WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF DRIED BUILDUP ON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MKAINTAIN IN BETWEEN USES.
  code 16
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS OF PREVIOUSLY COOKED CHICKEN PARTS STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISCARD DATE LABELS ON FOOD ITEMS STORED ON SITE FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. THE PERSON IN CHARGE VOLUNATRILY DISCARDED DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION. TOTAL: $150.
  code 23
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 SMALL RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE REAR PREP AREA ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE SHELVING RACK WHERE BREADING BULK CONTAINERS ARE LOCATED AS WELL AS INSIDE THE OFFICE SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE SAID AREAS. MUST ELIMINATE ACTIVITY.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020 (A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SHELVING UNITS AND STORAGE CARTS THROUGHOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT'S FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE, DIRT, AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. NOTED INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLING UNITS STORED IN THE FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE BUILDUP AND CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 22, 2023: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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