CHOP SUEY HUANG

SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: OBSERVED MALE EMPLOYEE WASHING THE POTS AND PANS AND RINSING WITHOUT USING SANITIZER. 3RD COMPARTMENT SINK IS NOT SET UP,(NO WATER AND NO SANITIZER. EMPLOYEE WASHED THE POTS AND PANS,THEN RINSE THEM IN RUNNING WATER ON THE 2ND COMPARTMENT SINK AND THEN PUT THEM ON THE DRAIN BOARD WITHOUT USING SANITIZER). INSTRUCTED MANAGER THE PROPER WAY OF USING THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. WRITTEN MATERIAL ON STEP TO MANUALLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS PROVIDED. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL.

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090 - Comments: MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT # 521919 DATED 12/6/11. #30-PREP FOODS IN WALK IN COOLER AND DRIED FOOD CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. MUST LABEL AND MAINTAIN.#33- THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE COOLERS,COOKING EQUIPMENTS,STORAGE SHELVES,STORAGE CABINETS,BOTTOM PANELS OF PREP TABLES,LIGHT SHIELDS,DRIED FOOD CONTAINERS,CAN OPENER,ALL EQUIPMENT THRU-OUT KITCHEN AND MOP SINK.#34-EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DEBRIS BUILD UP THRU-OUT KITCHEN. MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER,BEHIND,BETWEEN EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG THE WALLS. #38-MUST SEAL RUSTY GREASE TRAPS.#41- EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THRU-OUT KITCHEN AND STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES,CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF THE FLOORS. AWAY FROM WALLS.#42- ALL EMPLOYEE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO USE EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE HAIR.#43-CLEANING TOWELS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED. CITATIONISSUED SERIOUS. 7-42-090.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THRU-OUT DINING AREA,ALONG THE WALL BASE ALL CONERS AND MAINTAIN.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: CEILING VENTILATION ABOVE THE FRONT COUNTER AND ABOVE THE WALK IN COOLER/FREEZER WITH HEAVY DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: MISSING THRMOMETER INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN FREEZER. MUST PROVIDE AND MUST BE VISIBLE.

HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: All employees who handle food shall wash their hands as often as necessary to maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and should conform to hygienic practices prescribed by the Board of Health. OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PERFORMING MULTI-TASK, (REMOVING SOILED POTS/PANS, REMOVING GARBAGE, STORING RAW MEATS IN WALK IN COOLER, ONE OF THEM WENT WENT TO WASHROOM), BOTH RETURNED TO PREP. FOODS, WITHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS. POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. INSTRUCTED HANDS MUST BE WASHED AFTER ANY CONTAMINATING CONDITION WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010(A).

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. PREP FOODS IN WALK IN COOLER AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, MUST LABEL AND MAINTAIN.

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST REPLACE BROKEN GASKETS ON PREP REACH IN COOLER DOORS, AND REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN, MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOLERS, COOKING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE SHELVES, STORAGE CABINETS, BOTTOM PANELS OF PREP TABLES, LIGHT SHIELDS, DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS, CAN OPENER, ALL EQUIPMENT THRU-OUT KITCHEN, AND MOP SINK.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. EXCESSIVE DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP THRU-OUT KITCHEN, MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND, BETWEEN EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST CLEAN WALLS THRU-OUT KITCHEN, SEAL OPENINGS ON WALL AND AROUND PIPES IN SAME AREA AND WASHROOM, REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING PANELS AND CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. MUST SEAL RUSTY GREASE TRAPS.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THRU-OUT KITCHEN AND STORAGE AREA, MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOORS, AWAY FROM WALLS.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: CLEANING TOWELS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED.