Tai Nam Corporation

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND ESTABLISHMENT USING VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE, ULINE MODEL #H-190 120V. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PATRICK O'CONNOR AT 312-746-9791 TO GET AN APPROVED HACCP PLAN TO VACUUM SEAL ONSITE. MACHINE WAS TAGGED AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL APPROVED BY CDPH. OBSERVED SCOOPS USED TO DISPENSE RAW SHRIMP IN THE CONTAINER OF SHRIMP WITH THE HANDLE LYING IN THE FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SEPERATE CONTAINER FOR SCOOP TO PREVENT CUSTOMERS FROM TOUCHING RAW FISH PRODUCT. OBSERVED FROZEN CRABS STORED IN THE DEEP FREEZER UNCOVERED AND UNPROTECTED LEANING AGAINST THE FREEZER WALL. MUST STORE CRABS IN A BOX OR CONTAINER INSIDE DEEP FREEZER. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BOXES OF FOOD ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE GROUND AT ALL TIMES.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: HEAVY FROST BUILDUP ON AND UNDER THE FOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 13, 2015: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 4 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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