Food Safety Report: Four Seasons Dumplings 四季饺子馆, South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, USA.

3205 South Halsted Street, Chicago, 60608 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 17, 2023
23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety foods (tcs): cooked pasta and cooked chicken 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.

29. Compliance with variance/specialized process/haccp
- comments: found kimchi, the operator states it is made on-site. A retail food establishment shall obtain an approved variance from cdph before fermenting food. Kimchi was tagged and held for inspection by the chicago department of public health. Instructed operator to no longer sell or serve said food item until haccp and a variance are approved by cdph. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-005. Citation issued.

32. Variance obtained for specialized processing methods
- comments: found no haccp or variance on site. Approved haccp and variance is required for fermenting. Instructed manager to provide. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-005. Citation consolidated with violation #29.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: found approximately 20 rat droppings located in the dry storage area and basement. Also noted 2 roached located behind coolers across from the handwashing sink in food prep. Recommended manager to contact pest control. Pest activity must be eliminated. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-020(a). Citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: found floors in all food prep areas and under all cooking equipment filled with food debris. Instructed manager to clean, sanitize, and maintain said areas.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: found hole in ceiling above handwashing sink. Observed hole plugged with steel scrubber. Instructed to remove steel scrubber, plug hole and provide smooth and easily cleanable ceiling.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: found food handlers without proof of food handler training. Instructed manager to provide proof of food handler training for all food handlers.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: found continued non-compliance from inspection report# 2562972 conducted on august 30,2022. The following previous core violations were not corrected: 5-204. 12 unable to locate the backflow prevention device on the ice machine. Instructed to locate or provide. 4-601. 11(c) observed the interior of the fryers with accumulated grease and food debris. Instructed to clean. Instructed operator to comply. Priority foundation violation. 7-42-090. Citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov