Food Safety Report: Elaine's Chop Suey 1, 4512 S Damen Ave, Chicago, Il, USA.

4512 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, 60609 Illinois, United States

Report date: Apr 23, 2024
3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: 2-102. 14(o) the manager provided no proof of employee health policy on site. Instructed to provide an employee health policy that includes a signed acknowledgement from each employee. Priority foundation. 7. 38. 010. Citation issued.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: 3-501. 17 observed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety (tcs) foods in walk-in cooler and freezer(chicken) not date marked to indicate the product's name and date in which the food must be sold, discarded or consumed within 7 days. Instructed to provide proper labels for date marking and discard date for refrigerated, ready-to-eat, tcs foods held over 24hrs placed in all cold-holding units. Priority foundation violation #7-38-005. Citation issued.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: 6-501. 111 observed pest infestation. Noted over 1000 mice dropping on shelves and floors in dry storage area, kitchen are under 3 compartments sink and behind the equipment, in the front prep area and behind a drink cooler in front prep area, dining area and on the floors, on the shelving and the floor behind the shelving in the back hallway. Instructed to clean and sanitize affected areas. Recommended to consult with pest control company to eliminate the pest activity. Priority foundation #7-38-020(a), citation issued

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: 4-101. 19 carboard observed on the floor of freezer. Instructed to remove cardboard from the floor and maintain.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: 4-204. 18 noted ice build-up inside the walk-in freezer on the floor and shelves. Instructed to repair and maintain the condensation units.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: 8-404. 13(b:4)previous violations from 03/15/2023, report #2572621, observed not to be corrected as follows: #41 wiping cloths improperly stored. Instd to store in sanitizing solution when not in use. #58 missing allergen training for the city of chicago certified manager. Instd to obtain training and maintain verification. #57 employees missing food handlers training. Instd to obtain training and maintain verification on-site priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued

Source: chicago.gov