Shaw's Crab House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITY NOT MAINTAINING PROPER COOLING TEMPERATURE, FOUND PREP COOLER AIR TEMP AT 52.3F, COOLER IS USED TO STORE PERISHABLE ( BEEF, CHICKEN...) AT FRONT KITCHEN LINE. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP COOLER TEMPERATURE AT 40F OR LOWE, CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A). COOLER IS TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE. MUST CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CDPH WHEN REPAIRED.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND 4 LBS OF RAW BEEF PATTIES AND 4 LBS OF RAW CHICKEN AT 53.2F STORED IN SAID COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP SUCH FOODS HELD AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A) FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $40
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CAST IRON WASTE WATER 6" PIPE RUNNING ABOVE DRY FOOD AND FOOD CONTAINERS STORAGE HALLWAY, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A BARRIER.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DUSTY CEILING VENT AT MAIN KITCHEN, ROUGH WOOD A ROUND BREAD SLICING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH SURFACE AND CLEAN VENTS.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MISSING A VACUUM BREAKER AT LARGE GARDEN HOSE ATTACHED TO WATER SUPPLY LINE UNDER DISH MACHINE, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MISSING THERMOMETER IN SEVERAL COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 7, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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