Wendy's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: Previous inspection report summary from report # 1734762, dated 3-24-16, not displayed and visible to all customers. Instructed facility that the most recent inspection report summary must be displayed and visible to customers at all times. Inspection report summary provided today. Serious citation issued 7-42-010(B).
  code 28
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT DIRT ACCUMULATION ON THE UPPER INTERIOR PORTION OF THE REAR PREP ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED THE SPACE BEHIND THE DRIVE THRU SODA DISPENSER TO HAVE DUST AND DIRT ACCUMULATED. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER POOLED ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO MAINTAIN FLOOR DRY AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED THE FLOOR DRAIN BELOW THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO HAVE DIRT ACCUMULATION. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE ICE SCOOP STORED DIRECTLY IN THE ICE AT THE DRIVE THRU ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO STORE IN A SEPARATE AND SANITARY MANNER AND TO MAINTAIN.
  code 43
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: FACILITY HAS AN INTERNAL FOODHANDLER/SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM WITH A CHECKLIST ON SITE BUT NO IDPH LETTER STATING THAT SAID PROGRAM IS APPROVED. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO MAINTAIN LETTER ON SITE OR TO HAVE ALL FOODHANDLERS TAKE ANSI APPROVED COURSES AND TO MAINTAIN.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on March 24, 2016: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.