Zhu's Kitchen

• official resultScore 19
• score19 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  Official wording: After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
  code 02HCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Official wording: Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04KCriticalstatus: 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
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
  code 10Bstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 25 on May 15, 2024: Score changed by -6 points. 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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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.