Zip'z Express Fast Food

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: WE OBSERVED(CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLER/OWNER)LIVE ROACHES UNDER AND AROUND TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR, ACROSS FROM STOVE IN PREP AREA. ADULTS AND BABIES ROACHES WERE COMING OUT FROM HOLES LOCATED AT FRAME OF THE COOLER.(8 LIVE ROACHES) INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREA. OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED: REAR SCREEN DOOR NOT COMPLETELY ENCLOSED, MAIN REAR DOOR OPENED. FRONT DOOR MUST BE RODENT AND INSECT PROOFED,GAP 1/2". SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-020 HOOOO77581-12.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: LABEL DRY FOOD PRODUCTS THAT ARE STORED IN CONTENAIRS.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REMOVE ALL NEWS PAPER AND CARDBOARDS USED TO LINE SHELVES THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEANING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENTS,INSIDE THE COOLERS AND FREEZER INCLUDED RUBBER GASKET(FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP).NEED TO CLEAN WHEEL OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PIPE BEHIND THE EQUIPMENT.NEED TO CLEAN ALL SHELVED IN PREP AND FRONT COUNTER(BUILD-UP OF DEBRIS). WHEN WATER IS RELEASED FROM THREE COMPARTMENT SINK A FOUL ODOR IS COMING FROM GREASE TRAP INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND UNDER THE TWO DOOR COOLER.NEED TO CLEAN UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK BEHIND THE GREASE TRAP.
  code 34
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: HAIR RESTRAINT IS NEEDED IN PREP AREA AT ALL TIMES,INCLUDED OWNERS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 4, 2011: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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