Mei Lai Wah

• official resultScore 22
• score22 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Compliance Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Official wording: Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
  code 02GCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Official wording: Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
  code 06ECriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Official wording: Thawing procedure improper.
  code 09Bstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 53 on July 1, 2026: Score changed by -31 points. 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 8 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.