Food Safety Report: China Dragon Restaurant, 1737 W 18th St , Chicago, Il, USA.

1737 West 18th Street, Chicago, 60608 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 1, 2023
15. Food separated and protected
- comments: found food items improperly stored in the walk-in cooler. Observed raw chicken and raw beef stored directly over raw carrots. Also noted is raw chicken stored over raw beef. Food shall be protected from cross-contamination by arranging all foods to be stored, held, and displayed in order of minimum cooking temperatures. Priority violation. 7-38-005. Citation issued. The manager stores food correctly at the time of inspection.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: found low-temperature dish machine sanitizing solution at 0 ppm while in use. Instructed manager to provide an adequate sanitizing concentration for sanitizing the dishes per the manufacturer's instructions. Low-temperature dish machine tagged and held for inspection by cdph; instructed manager to no longer utilize said dish machine until it is adequately sanitized and is re-inspected by cdph. Priority violation. 7-38-025. Citation issued.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: found a small amount of a black mold-like substance on the food contact surface of the ice machine. (top interior behind panel) instructed manager to clean, sanitize and maintain.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety foods (tcs): cooked chicken, cooked beef, and cooked rice, held for over 24 hours without discard date. Instructed facility to provide discard date for any ready-to-eat tcs foods held for over 24 hours. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-005. Citation issued.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: observed soy sauce, cornstarch, and teriyaki sauce taken out of their original packaging and stored in bulk containers. Instructed manager to provide the common name of food items to the bulk containers.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: found approx 60 mouse droppings in the following areas: on the floor in the right corner of wok station. On the bottom prep table across from the mop sink, on the floor under the prep table across from the mop sink, and on the soda storage rack in the rear. Must eliminate pest activity. Recommended contacting pest control. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-020(a). Citation issued.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: found bulk containers of soy sauce and corn starch stored directly on the floor. Instructed manager to elevate 6 inches off of the floor.

44. Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled
- comments: found single-use food containers stored directly under the sewer line throughout the basement. Instructed manager to encase sewer lines or remove single-use food containers to prevent contamination.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: found all the prep tables covered with flour. Instructed to clean, sanitize and maintain. Found all shelves in the walk-in cooler with an excessive amount of black mold-like substance. Instructed manager to clean, sanitize and maintain.

53. Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
- comments: observed no covered receptacle inside of unisex employee toilet room. Instructed to provide.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: found floor throughout the food prep area under all cooler units, cooking equipment, and prep tables filled with an excessive amount of food debris. Instructed manager to clean, sanitize and maintain.

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: found no light in dry storage area next to rear exit door. Must provide adequate lighting.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: found the following previous core violations not corrected from inspection report #2566085 conducted on 10/27/2022: 6-301. 14 observed a hand washing sign is needed at the rear prep area hand washing sink. Instructed to provide. 4-601. 11(c) observed accumulated grease on the vents located above the cooking equipment. Instructed to clean. 5-204. 12 unable to locate the backflow prevention device on the ice machine. Instructed to provide or locate. 6-501. 19 observed no self closing device on the employee toilet room door located in the food prep area. Instructed to provide. Instructed manager to comply. Priority foundation violation. 7-42-090. Citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov