Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services

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

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: PREP AREA HANDWASH BOWL COMPLETELY CLOGGED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO TEMPORARILY WASH HANDS AT WASHROOM HANDWASH BOWL LOCATED 3 FT. AWAY FROM PREP AREA AND MUST HAVE PREP AREA HANDWASH BOWL REPAIRED BY (03/18/13), PREMISES PUT ON 48 HR NOTICE BY CDPH. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 11Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP ON PREP AREA SHELVES. MUST CLEAN ALL SHELVES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD/DIRT BUILD UP ON PREP AREA FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS/CORNERS. MUST CLEAN FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FRONT COUNTER CLUTTERED THROUGHOUT. MUST RE-ORGANIZE FRONT COUNTER.
  code 41
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 24, 2012: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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