New China Express

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE CAN OPENER WITH OLD FOOD AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CAN OPENER. • OBSERVED THE CUTTING BOARDS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITH DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS TO MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH THICK BUILD UP OF GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS.
  code 49
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2582074 DATED 09/20/2023 NOT CORRECTED AND/OR MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: #16-MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR SIDES AND DOOR OF THE ICE MACHINE. #38-OBSERVED THE INTERIOR SCREEN DOOR NOT TIGHT FITTING AROUND THE DOOR (TOP,BOTTOM AND SIDES). DOOR MUST BE COMPLETLY SEALED TO PREVENT ENTRY POINT FOR PESTS. #39-OBSERVED OPEN FOOD (PRECOOKED & RAW) INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER NOT PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. #49-MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE PREP TABLES, DRY STORAGE SHELVING,INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS AND FREEZER AND INTERIOR OF THE WALK IN COOLER, EXTERIOR OF LARGE BULK STORAGE AND SMALL SPICE CONTAINER TO REMOVE SPILLS AND/OR FOOD DEBRIS. #55-OBSERVED THE FLOORS, FLOOR DRAIN AND WALLS HEAVLY ENCRUSTED WITH FOOD DEBRIS,SPIIL AND GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. #56-MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND DEBRIS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 20, 2023: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 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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