Wing Chong Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🍽️food left unprotected
  Official wording: Food Separated And Protected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RAW ANIMAL ORIGIN CHICKEN, BEEF AND PORK IN SEVERAL COOLERS STORED IMPROPERLY WITH READY TO EAT FOODS. RAW CHICKEN BEING STORED IN THE TOP PORTION OF THE COOKS LINE COOLER DIRECTLY NEXT TO FRESH CUT VEGETABLES AND ABOVE PREPARED FOODS ON SHELVING UNDERNEATH. RAW PORK STORED ON TOP OF BAGS OF FRESH VEGETABLES. RAW BEEF STORED ON TOP SHELVING OF A COOLER OVER COOKED CHICKEN. REVIEWED PROPER STORAGE OF RAW AND READY TO EAT FOODS. ALL FOODS REMOVED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 15
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE COOKS LINE COOLER CUTTING BOARD IN EXTREMELY POOR REPAIR. CUTTING BOARD COMPLETELY BLACK WITH MOLD, BLACKENED CUTS AND GROOVES IN BOARD AND NOTED FOODS BEING PREPARED ON THE SURFACE. MANAGER DISCARDED THE CUTTING BOARD DURING THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVES IN MAIN PREP AREA NEAR COOK LINE WHERE DRY FOOD STORAGE IS BEING STORED. MUST REPLACE OR REPAINT.----: OBSERVED DIRTY METAL GARBAGE CAN BEING USED TO STORE RICE. INSTRUCTED TO USE FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS THAT ARE DURABLE AND EASY TO CLEAN.----- OBSERVED DIRTY AND TORN GASKETS AT 2-DOOR PREP COOLER UNDER MICROWAVE WHEN FIRST ENTERING ESTABLISHMENT. MUST REPLACE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY GREASE SPILLS ON EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ON EXTERIOR OF PREP COOLER DOORS IN PREP AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRTY FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.-----OBSERVED CARD BOARD ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 3, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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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