Zachi Express

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings10
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AT PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-010. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 5Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: FOUND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND HAND SINK AT DISHWASHING AREAS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 16
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: FOUND READY TO EAT FOOD HELD MORE THAN 24HOURS WITH NO SEVEN DAY CONSUME BY DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST LABEL PROPERLY.
  code 23
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: FOUND NO HACCP PLAN FOR CABBAGE BEING FERMENTED AT BUSINESS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. MUST OBTAIN.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: FOUND 20 POUNDS OF FERMENTED CABBAGE AT PREMISES. CABBAGE TAGGED AND PLACED INSIDE WALK IN COOLER.FOUND NO VARIANCE FOR CABBAGE BEING FERMENTED. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST OBTAIN.
  code 32
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
  Inspector note: FOUND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT DRAINING. WASTE WATER BACKING UP. ALSO, HANDSINK NEXT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT DRAINING. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.7-38-030C. MUST REPAIR.
  code 52
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN BY DISHWASHING AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE. • FOUND WALLS NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN AT BASEMENT PREPARATION/DISHWASHING.(CHIPPING PAINT) MUST REMOVE ALL CHIPPING PAINT AND SPLATTER FROM WALL AND CEILING AT BASEMNET PREPARATION/DISHWASHING AREAS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: FOUND INADEQUATE LIGHT AT BASEMENT DISHWASING/PREPARATION AREAS. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 56
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: FOOD SANITATION MANAGERS AT BUSINESS WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST OBTAIN.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 6, 2017: 10 findings appeared for the first time. 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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