Chicago violation 41: WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 3,206 times at 1,960 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 | 493 |
| 2022 | 433 |
| 2023 | 548 |
| 2024 | 646 |
| 2025 | 711 |
| 2026 | 375 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Dog Haus, 2464-2466 N Lincoln Ave (Oct 29, 2026)
- Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles, 3947 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr (Oct 23, 2026)
- 5800 North Cafe, 5800-5802 N Milwaukee Ave (Oct 22, 2026)
- Wok! You Want, 3051 N California Ave (Oct 20, 2026)
- Perilla Steak, 225 N Wabash Ave (Oct 20, 2026)
- Petterino's, 150 N Dearborn St (Oct 19, 2026)
- Bob's Pizza, 1659 W 21st St (Oct 15, 2026)
- Renaissance Chicago O'hare Hotel, 8500 W Bryn Mawr Ave (Oct 14, 2026)
- Sushi Taku, 1904-1906 W Division St (Oct 13, 2026)
- Humboldt Haus Deli & Liquor, 2954-2958 W North Ave (Oct 13, 2026)
- El Quetzal Llc, 3443-3445 W Lawrence Ave (Oct 13, 2026)
- Joey's Red Hots, 11500 S Western Ave (Oct 13, 2026)
- Jordyn's Soul Cafe Inc, 1508 E 53rd St (Oct 6, 2026)
- Franconello's, 10222 S Western Ave (Oct 5, 2026)
- Furama Restaurant Inc, 4936 N Broadway (Oct 2, 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.