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MZ FOOD & MORE

375 E 75TH ST BLDG, CHICAGO, IL 60619 · Grocery Store

Inspection summary

MZ FOOD & MORE has been inspected 5 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since February 24, 2012. The most recent inspection, on November 16, 2015, found no infractions.

1 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Pests and Cleaning and sanitizing.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on November 6, 2013. For example: NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded once on March 2, 2012. For example: DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED

  • Equipment and utensilsLower risk

    Equipment has to be built from cleanable materials, kept in good repair and stored properly. These findings are mostly about upkeep, like a cracked shelf, a worn gasket or utensils stored the wrong way. They are generally lower risk but show how well the kitchen is maintained.

    Recorded 14 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on November 15, 2013. For example: FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.

    Recorded 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on November 15, 2013. For example: FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

  • Permits, records and postingLower risk

    Operating permits, required signage, written procedures and logs. These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.

    Recorded once on November 6, 2013. For example: * INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

5 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    4 infractions

    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • FINISH CLEANING THE REFRIGERATOR, SHELVES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • CLEAN ALL WINDOW LEDGES IN FRONT BEHIND SERVICE COUNTERS, CLEAN WALLS IN REAR AND REPAIR AREAS WITH HOLES AND OPENINGS. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • DISCARD DIRTY MOP WATER FROM BUCKET, CLEAN AND STORE MOP(S) UPRIGHT TO PREVENT PEST BREEDING.
  3. Canvass

    8 infractions

    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • EVIDENCE OF RODENTS FOUND ON PREMISES. 90-100 MICE DROPPINGS NOTED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 10-15 ON SHELF UNDERNEATH COUNTER WHERE EXPOSED HANDSINK IS LOCATED, 30 ON FLOOR IN REAR BY EXIT DOOR UNDERNEATH THE CLUTTER, 30 ON FLOOR IN SOUTHWEST SECTION OF REAR STORAGE ROOM WHERE PALLETS AND UNUSED SHELVES ARE STORED, AND 20 SCATTERED ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN ALL SECTIONS OF REAR STORAGE ROOM, WHICH INCLUDES REMOVING ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT FROM THIS AREA. MUST STORE ALL ITEMS AWAY FROM THE WALLS WHICH WILL ELIMINATE PEST HARBORAGE AREAS. NO RECEPT FROM PEST CONTROL COMPANY PROVIDED FOR 2013, MUST REQUEST SERVICE VISIT BEFORE SCHEDULED DATE OF RE-INSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-020.
    • 19. OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED
      • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT PROPERRLY MAINTAINED, UNABLE TO CLOSE LID ON DUMPSTER WHICH IS OVERFLOWING. OWNER CURRENTLY HAS ONE PICK UP PER WEEK, INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE TO TWICE PER WEEK. CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-020.
    • 28. * INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS
      • INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY NOT POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF CUSTOMERS. CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-42-010(B)
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: REFRIGERATOR, SHELVES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • ALL STOCK AND ITEMS STORED(FOOD AND NON-FOOD) MUST BE STORED ELEVATED 6 INCHES OFF FLOORS THROUGHOUT. DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • CLEAN ALL WINDOW LEDGES IN FRONT BEHIND SERVICE COUNTERS, CLEAN WALLS IN REAR AND REPAIR AREAS WITH HOLES AND OPENINGS. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • DISCARD DIRTY MOP WATER FROM BUCKET, CLEAN AND STORE MOP(S) UPRIGHT TO PREVENT PEST BREEDING.
    • 70. NO SMOKING REGULATIONS
      • SMOKING VIOLATION OBSERVED ON PREMISES, ASHTRAYS FOUND ON COUNTER WHERE HAIR PRODUCTS ARE DISPLAYED IN FRONT AND ON SHELF IN REAR STORAGE ROOM. ALL ASHTRAYS MUST BE REMOVED FROM PREMISES. CITATION ISSUED-7-32-020(C).
  4. License Re-Inspection

    6 infractions

    • 24. DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED
      • NO HOT RUNNING WATER AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR MOP SINK IN REAR - MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE AND DESIST THE PREPARATION AND SELLING OF NACHOS UNTIL HOT WATER IS RESTORED-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-030.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • VIOLATION CORRECTED.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • CLEAN WALLS AND WINDOW LEDGES THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • ATTACH METAL DRAINBOARD TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN REAR STORAGE ROOM.
  5. License

    6 infractions

    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • 30 MICE DROPPINGS NOTED SCATTERED ON FLOORS IN FRONT ALONG COUNTER WHERE EXPOSED HAND SINK IS LOCATED AND IN REAR STORAGE AREA-MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE PEST CONTROL LOG UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW BUSINESS-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-020.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • ALL USED AND UNUSED COOKING, HOLDING AND REHEATING EQUIPMENT STORED IN REAR STORAGE AREA NEEDS CLEANING. CLEAN ALL DISPLAY SHELVES WHERE NEEDED.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • CLEAN WALLS AND WINDOW LEDGES THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • REPAIR CLOGGED MOP SINK IN REAR. ATTACH METAL DRAINBOARD TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN REAR STORAGE ROOM.

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