Food Safety Report: Shinya Ramen House, 3240 S Halsted St , Chicago, Il, USA.

3240 South Halsted Street, Chicago, 60608 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 23, 2023
3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: found no employee health policy on site. Instructed managers to provide a verifiable acknowledgement of their responsibility to report information about their health and activities to diseases that are transmissible through food to the pic. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-010. Citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: found mens toilet room handwashing sink water temperature at 72. 1 f. Instructed manager to provide a minimum hot water temperature of 100f at all times. Priority violation. 7-38-030(c). Citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: found no hand-washing signage at the handwashing sink located in the women's toilet room. Handwashing signage must be posted at all handwashing sinks at all times.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: found chemical sanitizing dish machine inadequately sanitizing dishes at 0 ppm, noted dish machine filled with plates and bowls. Instructed manager to provide an adequate chemical sanitizing concentration (per manufacturer's instructions). The chemical sanitizing dish machine was tagged and held for inspection by the cdph. Instructed not to use until it is adequately sanitized and re-inspected by cdph. Priority violation. 7-38-025. Citation issued.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: found bulk containers of flour etc, missing common food names. Instructed manager to provide.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: found 3-compartment sink built-in stoppers broken. Said the stopper is unable to hold water. Instructed manager to repair and maintain.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: found a 120-gallon stock pot on site. The stock pot is too large to insert in the 3 comp sink. Instructed manager to provide an awritten procedure to adequately wash, rinse, and sanitize said pot.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: found bulk containers of food filled with food residue. Instructed manager to repair and maintain.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: found a meat slicer filled with encrusted food. Instructed manager to clean, sanitize and maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: found an excessive amount of grease and food pieces under the fryer, under the pasta cooker, and stove top. Instructed manager to clean, sanitize and maintain.

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: found two lights burnt out in rear food prep area. Instructed manager to replace

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: found two light shield missing in rear food prep area, located directly over food prep station. Noted broken light shield located in prep/ dishwashing area. Instructed to replace said light shields to prevent physical contamination.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: found continued non- compliance from inspection report #2544656 conducted on 11/23/21. The following previous core violations were not corrected: 6-202. 15 observed outer rear exit door weather stripping in poor repair(worn). Must replace and maintain to prevent entry points for pests. 4-601. 11(c): must clean dry food storage shelving to remove spills and debris in the kitchen and rear storage area. Instructed manager to comply. Priority foundation violation. 7-42-090. Citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov