Chicago violation 44: UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 2,147 times at 1,447 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 | 230 |
| 2022 | 276 |
| 2023 | 382 |
| 2024 | 462 |
| 2025 | 440 |
| 2026 | 357 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Taste Of Canton, 3324 S Archer Ave (Oct 29, 2026)
- Guatalinda Bakery, 3149 W Diversey Ave (Oct 28, 2026)
- City Winery Chicago, 1200-1212 W Randolph St (Oct 28, 2026)
- Bree's Thai Rice & Noodle, 5306 S Central Ave (Oct 23, 2026)
- Sodexo Live !Msi, 5700 S Jean Baptiste Pointe Dusable Lake Shore Dr (Oct 22, 2026)
- Three Wheels Noodle, 2339 N Milwaukee Ave (Oct 21, 2026)
- Concina Economica, 3140 W 47th St (Oct 21, 2026)
- Perilla Steak, 225 N Wabash Ave (Oct 20, 2026)
- Petterino's, 150 N Dearborn St (Oct 19, 2026)
- Hannah's Bretzel 161 N. Clark Llc, 161 N Clark St Bldg (Oct 19, 2026)
- Guerreros Pizza Inc, 2024 S California Ave (Oct 19, 2026)
- El Nuevo Taconazo, 2350 W Cermak Rd (Oct 14, 2026)
- Palermo's Restaurant, 3751 W 63rd St (Oct 13, 2026)
- Reggio's Pizza Express Ii, 4434 S Cottage Grove Ave (Oct 7, 2026)
- Mano Modern Cafe, 851 N Ashland Ave (Oct 5, 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.