Lao Sze Chuan

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT/ PROCEDURE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005
  code 5Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND 3LBS OF LIQUID EGGS IN AN OPEN CONTAINER STORED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AT 62.4F. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP AT 41F OR LOWER. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 EGGS DISCARDED VALUED AT $5.
  code 22
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: BULK FOOD CONTAINERS NOT LABELED ( MSG, SALT...) INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 37
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: KNIVES WEDGED BETWEEN COOLERS, KEEPING SPOONS IN STANDING WATER, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP IN A DRY SUFACE NOT WEDGED BETWEEN SURFACES.
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: GARBAGE BAGS ARE USED AS A BARRIER BETWEEN CLEAN UTENSILS RACK AND DISH WASHING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL DURABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MISSING TILES GROUT AT REAR DISH AND PREP AREA DEEP GROOVES BETWEEN TILES TRAPPING DIRT AND WAST WATER. INSTRUCTED TO GROUT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on March 7, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 6 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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