✓!

Jay's Chinese Kitchen

September 29, 2017 · Pass w/ Conditions
😬mid
  • official resultPass w/ Conditions
  • resultPass w/ Conditions
  • inspection typeCanvass
  • failed findings7
  • critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

  • Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed
    Inspector note: Observed facility improperly thawing raw pork (in a bowl of water), raw chicken (in a sink compartment filled with water), and raw beef (on sink drainboard). All food found below 40f and still partially frozen. Instructed facility that proper thawing is accomplished by the following methods: in a refrigerator at 40°F or less, or under potable running water at a temperature of 70°F or below, with sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose food particles into the overflow or in a microwave oven only when the food will be immediately transferred to conventional cooking facilities as part of a continuous cooking process or when the entire, uninterrupted cooking process takes place in the microwave oven. Facility thawed with running water after instructed. Serious violation 7-38-005(a).
    code 17
  • Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
    Inspector note: Instructed facility to label and maintain any foods that are prepared and held over 24 hours.
    code 30
  • Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
    Inspector note: Observed food items stored in plastic shopping bags. Instructed facility to store all food items in original containers or in food grade materials only.
    code 32
  • food prep surfaces dirty
    Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
    Inspector note: Observed the cooking equipment to have grease and food debris built up on its surfaces. Instructed facility to clean and maintain.
    code 33
  • Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
    Inspector note: Observed dirt, grease, and food debris accumulated on the floors in various areas: under the cooking equipment and sinks, in the dry storage room, and along all wall bases. Instructed facility to clean and maintain.
    code 34
  • Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
    Inspector note: Observed heavy grease build up on the exhaust hood. Instructed facility to clean and maintain.
    code 35
  • pests in the house
    Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
    Inspector note: Observed the rear prep exposed handsink to be slow draining. Instructed facility to repair and maintain.
    code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 13, 2016: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.

official city health-inspection data · no account, no sign-up