Noodles & Company

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• 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: FOUND APPROX 3 LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN INSIDE PREP COOLER MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURE OF 46.4F, BEING USED FOR CUSTOMERS FOOD ORDERS BEFORE TEMPERATURE WAS TAKEN.MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW. FOOD REMOVED BY MANAGER AND DISCARDED-CDI COST APPROX $15.00. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ☠️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 EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL ON PREMISES.34 LIVE SMALL FLIES ON PREMISES ON CEILINGS,WALLS AND FLYING IN PREP AREA,AND ESPCIALLY IN REAR DISH OFFICE AREA.STRONGLY RECOMMENED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL. MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE ALL AREAS. SERIOUS VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-020
  code 18
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOODS,(COOKIES) NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER,PREPACKAGED AT FRONT COUNTER NOT LABELED. MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS.
  code 30
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLEANING EQUIPMENT NOT MAINTAINED.MOPS LAYING INSIDE MOP SINK NOT HANGING OR INVERTED AND UNCLEAN DUST PANS.MUST CLEAN AND PROPERLY STORE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE AREA.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on March 8, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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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