Thai Valley Restaurant

• 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 INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE NOT MAINTAINED. ICE ARE NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. BROWNISH/ORANGE SUBSTANCE ON THE PIPE IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER AND ON THE INTERIOR PLASTIC LID OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE, THE LID AND THE PIPE. TAGGED THE ICE MACHINE "HELD FOR INSPECTION". INSTRUCTED NOT TO REMOVE THE TAG. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS. 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CAULKING WORN OUT ON THE WASHBOWL SINK OF THE EMPLOYEES WASHROOM AND THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST RE CAULK AND MAINTAIN. MUST DEFROST ONE OF THE REACH IN FREEZER (WITH FROZEN CHICKEN BROTH),WITH HEAVY ICE BUILD UP AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MISSING THERMOMETER INSIDE THE TWO (ONE DOOR)REACH IN FREEZER,AND TWO DOOR REACH IN FREEZER. MUST PROVIDE AND MUST BE VISIBLE.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on March 16, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 10 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.