New China Express, Inc

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: UNABLE TO PRODUCE SIGNED COPIES OF THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: NO NAME ON BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN; INSTRUCTED TO LABEL CONTAINERS WITH THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN. (CORRECTED ON SITE).
  code 37
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RODENT ACTIVITY ON PREMISES. FOUND 40 OR MORE MOUSE DROPPINGS ON THE SHELF UNDERNEATH THE STEAM TABLE IN THE FRONT SERVING AREA; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE DROPPINGS. PRIORITY FOUNDATON VIOLATION 7-38-020(A) ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER, PREP TABLES, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS AND ROLLING STORAGE CART AT WOK STATION. THE STORAGE SHELVES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER ARE UNCLEAN AND RUSTED; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND/OR REPLACE SHELVES.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, AT THREE COMP SINK AND BY ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN. CLEAN FLOOR INSIDE OF THE WALK IN COOLER UNDERNEATH THE SHELVES AND MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CEILING VENTS IN KITCHEN AREA WHERE NEEDED.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 28, 2023: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings 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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