Chicago violation 40: PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 2,763 times at 1,865 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 | 269 |
| 2022 | 299 |
| 2023 | 511 |
| 2024 | 662 |
| 2025 | 588 |
| 2026 | 434 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Fooda @ Malcolm X College, 1900 W Jackson Blvd (Oct 29, 2026)
- Mama Ruth's Soul Food, 5965 W Chicago Ave (Oct 28, 2026)
- Sharks Fish And Chicken, 325 S Cicero Ave (Oct 28, 2026)
- La Coco Restaurant, 3808 W Lawrence Ave (Oct 27, 2026)
- New Jb-One, 6359 S Cottage Grove Ave (Oct 26, 2026)
- Cleo's Southern Cuisine, 4248 S Cottage Grove Ave (Oct 23, 2026)
- Sodexo Live !Msi, 5700 S Jean Baptiste Pointe Dusable Lake Shore Dr (Oct 22, 2026)
- Wok! You Want, 3051 N California Ave (Oct 20, 2026)
- Arwa Yemeni Coffee Bucktown, 1953 N Milwaukee Ave (Oct 20, 2026)
- Sammy's Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner, 250 E 103rd St (Oct 20, 2026)
- Popeyes/Checkers, 1555 W Division St (Oct 19, 2026)
- Panera Bread #6213, 5721 S Maryland Ave (Oct 19, 2026)
- Victory Grill, 2246 N Milwaukee Ave (Oct 15, 2026)
- Fooda @ Olive Harvey, 10001 S Woodlawn Ave (Oct 15, 2026)
- El Nuevo Taconazo, 2350 W Cermak Rd (Oct 14, 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.