New China Buffet

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

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE NOT MAINTAINED, SANITIZING AT 0 PPM CHLORINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE MUST SANITIZE AT 100 PPM CHLORINE. MUST TEMPORARILY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025.
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 20 MICE DROPPINGS ON FLOOR IN FUSE BOXES STORAGE ROOM AND 30 MICE DROPPINGS INSIDE CABINETS UNDER STEAMTABLES AT FRONT SELF SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REMOVE ALL MICE DROPPINGS BY DATE OF REINSPECTION. ADVISED TO CALL PEST CONTROL OPERATOR FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD STAINS ON APRONS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD APRONS.
  code 40
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE WATER LINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AND MAKE VISIBLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR ICE MACHINE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DIRT AND FOOD BUILD UP ON WALLS UNDER AND AROUND DISHMACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN WALLS AROUND DISHMACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 23, 2018: 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.