Minghin Cuisine

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK SLIMY MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR PANEL AND SIDE OF ICE MACHINE DRIPPING ONTO CONSUMABLE ICE STORED BELOW. MUST REMOVE ICE, CLEAN/SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ROACH CRAWLING ON FLOOR AT ENTRANCE TO PREP AREA AND ROACH CRAWLING ON EXTERIOR OF STEAM MACHINE LOCATED IN KITCHEN AREA. MUST REMOVE CLEAN/SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN FILTERS AND HOOD OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP IN KITCHEN AREA ON 1ST FLOOR AND IN DIM SUM KITCHEN ON NORTH SIDE OF RESTAURANT, 1ST FLOOR. DETAIL CLEAN ALL WALK-IN COOLERS/FREEZERS 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOOR OF DEBRIS AND FOOD SPILLS ALONG WALLBASE AND AT CORNERS AROUND STEAM MACHINE IN KITCHEN AT REAR. REMOVE EXCESS WATER FROM FLOORS ON 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR PREP AREAS, KEEP DRY AT ALL TIMES. DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS IN WALK-IN COOLERS/FREEZERS OF BOTH FLOORS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REMOVE HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP ON CEILING BY VENTS WHERE NEEDED ON 1ST/2ND FLOORS, MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 21, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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