Kids Empire

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings4

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 5-204.11 REAR HANDWASH SINK HAS BEEN REMOVED INSTD TO RE INSTALL HANDWASH SINK IN SAME AREA WITH HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE 100F-120F. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C)
  code 10Priority
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Food Obtained From Approved Source
  Inspector note: 3-201.11 UNKNOWN SOURCE OF CAKES THAT ARE ON MENU AND WILL BE HANDLED/SERVED. INSTD TO PROVIDE SOURCE FOR SAME. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005
  code 11Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(O): NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE A VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGED HEALTHPOLICY AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11: NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE AND NECESSARY SUPPLIES EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: 4-302.12: MISSING FOOD TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE (METAL STEM THERMOMETER). INSTD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.111: NO PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK OR PROOF OF SERVICE. INSTD TO PROVIDE FROM LICENSED COMPANY AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(C)
  code 38
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-301.12(A): NO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK ON SITE TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE MULTI USE UTENSILS ON SITE. OBSERVED MULTI USE UTENSILS (STAINLESS STEEL SPATULAS AND STEEL UTENSIL HOLDERS ON SITE) INSTD TO PROVIDE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WITH GREASE TRAP, DRAINBOARD AND HOT RUNNING WATER (MINIMUM 110F) UNDER CITY PRESSURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C).
  code 48

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 9, 2021: 7 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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