Food Safety Report: Pho's Thai Cuisine, 3332 N Lincoln Ave , Chicago, Il, USA.

3332 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, 60657 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 12, 2021
3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: no written employee health policy on site for all employees. Must provide for all employees. Priority foundation violation. No citation at this time.

6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: observed a plate of cooked noodles with a fork in it. Employees must not eat the food preparation area.

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: missing internal thermometer inside the cooks line two door cooler. Must provide/replace.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: noted a bulk food container in the rear prep mislabeled with the wrong product name. Must properly label all bulk foods.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: observed a bag of fresh carrots stored directly on the floor. Must properly store all foods to prevent contamination.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: noted a metal mesh food strainer in equipment storage in extremely poor repair. ----also noted a cloth mesh strainer badly stained and soiled. Instructed to replace and maintain all in good repair.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: noted an extremely stained and damaged cutting board in the rear equipment storage. Must replace.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: must not use grocery bags as food containers inside the coolers. Must use washable containers or food grade disposable plastic bags. ----noted plastic lid for food container inside a cooler cracked and damaged. Instructed to replace.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: noted the fire extinguisher mounted on the wall next to the rear prep table extremly dirty with encrusted splattered food debris. Must clean and maintain.

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: noted piled, empty food cardboard boxes on the rear patio leading to the waste container area. Instructed to remove and maintain clean.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: missing baseboard coving behind the metal rack food cart at the kitchen entrance. Instructed to replace.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: cracked, damaged and missing floor tiles under the legs of the cooks line equipment. Must replace to be smooth and cleanable.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations from report #2311962 on 9-9-19 not corrected. #37- no label provided at dry food ingredients. Must provide label with a common name. #41- cloths used in prep area must be stored inside a bucket with a sanitizing solution. #47-can opener with a food and rust build up at blade,instructed to clean and maintain. #49- filters above the cooking equipment/woks are extremely greasy,instructed to clean and maintain. #55- not cleanable floor/wall at missing baseboard/coving tiles under cooking equipment and three compartment sink. Replace surface must be smooth cleanable and non-absorbent surface. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued at this time.

Source: chicago.gov