Yummy Buffet

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: FOODS INSIDE COOLERS AND BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABALED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
  code 30
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF WALK-IN FREEZER NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS, INTERIOR ICE MACHINE, WARMER, PREP TABLES, CAN OPENER ATTACHED TO PREP TABLE, STORAGE SHELVES, COOLERS, AND SINKS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE SURFACE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR ALONG WALL BASE, BEHIND EQUIPMENT, IN PREP AREAS AND INISDE WALK-IN UNITS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: LEFT FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING AT NECK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FAUCET TO PREVENT LEAK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETER NOT PROVIDED FOR COLD HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER CONSPICUOUSLY INISDE ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 16, 2013: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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