MUGHAL INDIA INC.
560 W VAN BUREN ST · WEST LOOP, CHICAGO
Failed 6 of 16 inspections. 6 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
THE NUMBERS
INSPECTION HISTORY
JAN 182018PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
MUST REPAIR BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR, REMOVE TAPE, TAPE IS PROHIBITED. REMOVE RUST ON STORAGE RACKS IN WALK-IN COOLER, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. DEFROST 2-DOOR REACH IN FREEZER IN REAR PREP. PAINT OR SEAL RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER AND THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. DISCONTINUE USING MILK CRATES AS STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS, AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT. REPAIR DETACHED CEILING VENT IN STAFF TOILET ROOM IN REAR PREP AREA. ALSO, REPAIR BROKEN HOT WATER KNOB ON UTILITY SINK IN BASEMENT.
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATION FORM KITCHEN HOOD & FILTERS. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA, BOTH CUSTOMER TOILET ROOMS, MOP CLOSET, AND IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO REAR PREP AREA. REPAIR PEELING PAINT ON WALL LEADING TO REAR PREP AREA.
MUST INSTALL BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON MOP SINK IN BASEMENT.
JAN 92018FAILED4 violationsDETAILS
OBSERVED A PINK SLIME LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR PANEL AND HOSES OF THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE REAR PREP AREA, SUBSTANCE LIKELY TO CONTAMINATE ICE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USING MACHINE UNTIL SERVICED, CLEANED AND SANITIZED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
MUST REPAIR BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR, REMOVE TAPE, TAPE IS PROHIBITED. REMOVE RUST ON STORAGE RACKS IN WALK-IN COOLER, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. DEFROST 2-DOOR REACH IN FREEZER IN REAR PREP. PAINT OR SEAL RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER AND THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. DISCONTINUE USING MILK CRATES AS STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS, AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT. REPAIR DETACHED CEILING VENT IN STAFF TOILET ROOM IN REAR PREP AREA. ALSO, REPAIR BROKEN HOT WATER KNOB ON UTILITY SINK IN BASEMENT.
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATION FORM KITCHEN HOOD & FILTERS. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA, BOTH CUSTOMER TOILET ROOMS, MOP CLOSET, AND IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO REAR PREP AREA. REPAIR PEELING PAINT ON WALL LEADING TO REAR PREP AREA.
MUST INSTALL BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON MOP SINK IN BASEMENT.
FEB 22017PASSED5 violationsDETAILS
MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE FLOORS AT FRONT COOKING AREA AND REAR KITCHEN PREP AREAS, CLEAN AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
STAINED CEILING TILE IN LADIES BATHROOM AND REAR KITCHEN PREP, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE,
LIGHT SHIELDS REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DAILY,
NO SINK STOPPERS FOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE, AND OFFENSE ODORS COMING FROM REAR KITCHEN GREASE TRAP, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,
Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training.
OCT 52016FAILED4 violationsDETAILS
FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING DISPLAY AND SERVICE , VARIETY OF FOOD (CHICKEN, LAMB, RICE) AT CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE BUFFET WITHOUT ANY SNEEZE GUARDS/PROPER BARRIER. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER SNEEZE GUAARDS. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A SERIOUS.
DRY SPICE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTD TO LABEL.
INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
STAINED CEILING TILES IN CUSTOMERS TOILET ROOMS. INSTD TO REPLACE SAME.
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JUL 72016FAILED6 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
UPON REINSPECTION, WE OBSERVED PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED.SEVERAL LIVE ROACHES ,(IE -13 LIVE ROACHES),SOME WITH EGG SACK ATTACHED HIDING INSIDE WALL COVING BEHIND DOOR IN PREP AREA,AND (7-LIVE MED AND LARGE ROACHES) CRAWLING ON WALLS AND CEILING AROUND DISH WASHING MACHINE.MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AREAS.MUST CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
LARGE DRY STORAGE BULK BINS ,SUGAR,SALT,ETC NOT LABELED.MUST INSTALL
OBSERVED STORAGE EQUIPMENT,DISHES,SUPPLIES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT.MUST PROPERLY ELEVATE ALL STORAGE ON ADEQUATE SHELVING AT LEAST 6-INCHES
OBSERVED MISSING GROUT DISHING MACHINE AREA.MUST REPAIR ALL AREAS.
OBSERVED CEILING AREAS IN PREP AREA AND LIGHT SHIELDS NOT CEAN.MUST CLEAN ALL CEILING AREAS AND LIGHT SHIELDS IN DISH AREA AND PREP AREA.
: OBSERVED OPENINGS ALONG COVING UNDER DISH MACHINE,LEFT WALL PANEL LOOSE AT DISH MACHINE.ALSO GAP OPENING UNDER COUNTER IN DINING ROOM. MUST SEAL TO PREVENT HIDING AREAS FOR PEST. HOOD IN KITCHEN NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN
JUN 272016FAILED4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL ON PREMISES. OBSERVED 18-LIVE ROACHES,( IE 1-LARGE ROACH WITH EGG SACK ATTACHED,5-BABY,3 MEDIUM SIZE ROACHES ON TOP OF SANITIZER CHEMICAL CONTAINER LIVE CRAWLING) WHEN I MOVED A METAL PAN WITH CLEANING CLOTHS. ALSO 9 LIVE ROACHES ALL SIZES HIDING BEHIND WALL PANEL ON LEFT SIDE OF DISH MACHINE.MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE AREAS.STRONGLY RECOMMENED PEST CONTROL SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION ISSUED-7-38-020
LARGE DRY STORAGE BULK BINS ,SUGAR,SALT,ETC NOT LABELED.MUST INSTALL.
OBSERVED STORAGE EQUIPMENT,DISHES,SUPPLIES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT.MUST PROPERLY ELEVATE ALL STORAGE ON ADEQUATE SHELVING AT LEAST 6-INCHES.
OBSERVED OPENINGS ALONG COVING UNDER DISH MACHINE,LEFT WALL PANEL LOOSE AT DISH MACHINE.ALSO GAP OPENING UNDER COUNTER IN DINING ROOM. MUST SEAL TO PREVENT HIDING AREAS FOR PEST. HOOD IN KITCHEN NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
JUN 102015PASS W/ CONDITIONS8 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WERE FOUND IN DEEP STORAGE CONTAINERS: 10LB OF RED CHICKEN-51.5F, 10LB OF ROASTED CHICKEN-50.2F, 2LB OF CHOPPED ROASTED CHICKEN-55.1F, 20LB OF ORANGE CHICKEN-83.1F, 10LB OF COOKED BEANS-106.1F. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW COLD OR HELD AT 140 DEGREES OR ABOVE HOT. 50LB VALUED AT $200 DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
PAINT RUSTY SHELF UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF DEEP FRYER & SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA,
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT REAR DISHWASHING/PREP AREA, FRONT FOOD PREP AREA, IN WASHROOMS AND IN REAR STORAGE ROOMS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(DIRT AND DEBRIS NOTED).
CLEAN ALL DIRT AND DEBRIS FROM ALL LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT WHERE PRESENT. CLEAN INTERIOR SIDE OF REAR EXIT DOOR, AND ALL WALLS AND DOORS THROUGHOUT WHERE DIRT AND STAINS ARE PRESENT. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. REPAIR WASHROOM DOOR OF EMPLOYEES WASHROOM.
ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING UNCOVERED FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
ICE SCOOPS IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR DISHWASHING/PREP AREA. ICE SCOOPS MUST BE STORED IN CLEAN CONTAINERS PROTECTED FROM DUST AND DIRT CONTAMINATION.
Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training.
DEC 42014PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS. ALSO CLEAN VENT COVERS IN WASHROOMS.
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE DISH WASHING AREA.
DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND DISH MACHINE. MUST CLEAN WALLS IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST ALSO REPAIR PEELING PAINT ALONG LOWER SECTIONS OF WALLS IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT.
AUG 82014PASS W/ CONDITIONS8 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 45LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN,SAMOSAS AND COOKED RICE IN THE WALK IN COOLER AND ON A PREP TABLE BEING STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 50-54.3 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW OR 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
REMOVE EXCESSIVE RUST AND REPAINT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK GREASE TRAP.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION UNITS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND DISH MACHINE AND THROUGHOUT BOTH PREP AREAS. MUST REMOVE HEAVY FOOD DEBRIS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE DISH MACHINE. MUST REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES.
MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON EACH SIDE OF THE HAND SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA.
MUST CLEAN LINEN CLOTH AT BUFFET TABLE.
MUST STORE ALL SOILED WASH CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION.
OCT 152013PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
DETAIL CLEAN ALL EQUIPMENT.
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT.
CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS.
SEP 302013FAILED5 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
NO SOAP OR SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE AT EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING FACILITIES. NO SOAP AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. ALSO NO SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE PROVIDED AT THE EXPOSED HAND BOWLS BEHIND THE BAR,IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS AND IN THE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
NOTED EVIDENCE OF INSECTS ON SITE. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 35 LIVE SMALL FLIES AND 5 LIVE LARGE FLIES IN REAR PREP AREA AND IN DINING AREA. MUST REMOVE INSECTS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE AREAS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020
DETAIL CLEAN ALL EQUIPMENT.
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT.
DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS.
AUG 132012PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE FLOORS AT FRONT COOKING AREA AND REAR KITCHEN PREP AREAS TO REMOVE STICKYNESS AND GREASE BUILD-UP AS WELL AS FOOD DEBRIS.
MUST REPAIR CRACKED AND PEELING PAINT AT REAR EXIT DOOR FRAME SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
MUST PROVIDE SHATTER PROOF BULB OR LIGHT SHIELD AT LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE DRY STORAGE SPICE AREA.
MUST REPAIR LEAK UNDER EXPOSED HANDSINK AT BAR AREA.
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