Chicago violation 1: PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 2,331 times at 1,636 currently active establishments in our data. Chicago's dataset does not label individual violations as critical or not, so FoodCheck USA does not assign a severity.
Citations by year
| Year | Times cited |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 237 |
| 2022 | 314 |
| 2023 | 457 |
| 2024 | 454 |
| 2025 | 482 |
| 2026 | 387 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Mariscos El Abuelo Y Yo Seafood, 3752 S Kedzie Ave (Oct 28, 2026)
- Insomnia Cookies, 1344 N Wells St (Oct 27, 2026)
- Carnitas Don Pichi, 2702 W 47th St (Oct 26, 2026)
- Subway, 4036 N Narragansett (Oct 20, 2026)
- Iyanze Bronze, 308 E 51st St (Oct 19, 2026)
- Sip & Savor Coffee House, 528 E 43rd St (Oct 19, 2026)
- Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles, 3947 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr (Oct 16, 2026)
- Dunkin Donuts, 5448 S Pulaski Rd (Oct 15, 2026)
- Sophy Hyde Park, 1401-1411 E 53rd St (Oct 15, 2026)
- Burger King #22995, 7 E Garfield Blvd (Oct 14, 2026)
- Dunkin, 4453 S Archer Ave (Oct 13, 2026)
- Sharks On Division Corporation, 5751 W Division St (Oct 8, 2026)
- Old Fashioned Donuts Inc, 11248 S Michigan Ave (Oct 7, 2026)
- Loa Sze Chuan Uptown, 4832 N Broadway (Oct 7, 2026)
- Nhu Lan Sandwiches, 4810 N Sheridan Rd (Oct 6, 2026)
How Chicago inspections are scored
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), Food Protection Program, “Food Inspections” dataset on the official open data portal. Source data as of Nov 3, 2026; imported by FoodCheck USA on Nov 5, 2026.