Mustard Seed Kitchen

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER HOLDING TEMPERATURE. FOUND 20 LBS OF OF COOKED CHICKEN IN STEAM TABLE AT 114.3F, 4 LBS OF CHICKEN STEW IN WALK-IN COOLER AT 46.5F THAT WAS PLACED IN COOLER A DAY BEFORE. INSTRUCTED MGR TO KEEP HOT AND COLD FOODS AT PROPER HOLDING TEMPERATURE. FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $50. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND BOTTLES OF LEMONADE AND ICE TEA CONTAINERS IN DISPLAY COOLER THAT WAS MANULLY CAPPED IN FACILITY, NO VARIANCE LETTER FROM CDPH PROVIDED. INSTRUCTED MGR TO STOP MANUAL CAPPING IMMEDIATLY AND CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CDPH FOR FURTHER INQUIRY. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: FOAM CUPS ARE USE AS A SCOOP FOR BULK FOOD, NO LABELED ON SPRAY BOTTLES. INSTRUCTE TO LABEL AND USE PROPER SCOOPS.
  code 30
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO VACUUM BREAKER AT POTATO PEELER MACHINE WHERE 3 HOSES ATTACHED TO WATER SUPPLY LINE. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  code 38
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: FOOD HANDLERS REQUIRMENTS NOT MET.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 22, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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