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Shama Restaurant & Sweets

October 28, 2025 · Score 23

🫥not rated

official resultScore 23
score23 pts
inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
failed findings7
critical findings3

Failed findings

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
they've got roommates (mice)critical

Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
food left out / unprotectedcritical

Official wording: Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests

Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
code 08Astatus: Not Critical
dishwashing setup off

Official wording: Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
code 10Hstatus: Not Critical
Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information

code 20-08status: Not Critical
Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.

code 28-06status: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on August 16, 2024: Score changed by +15 points. 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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.