Qiao Lin Hot Pot

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeRecent Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: 3-302.12: OBSERVED BULK DRY INGREDIENT, STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN THE SIDE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH INGREDIENT COMMON NAME.
  code 37
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-202.13: OBSERVED TWO ELECTRICAL INSECT CONTROL DEVICES STORED ON WALLS ABOVE FOOD PREP TABLES IN TWO DIFFERENT SIDE PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE DEVICES FROM ABOVE FOOD PREP TABLES MENTIONED IN PREP AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 3-307.11: OBSERVED THE ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 39
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED THE LOWER SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES WITH RUST. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST, RESURFACE TO MAKE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.13: OBSERVED SLIGHT GREASE AND FOOD BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE GREASE TRAP UNDER THE STOVES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 29, 2025: 5 findings recurred.

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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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