Chicago violation 8: HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 409 times at 372 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 | 32 |
| 2022 | 48 |
| 2023 | 73 |
| 2024 | 85 |
| 2025 | 110 |
| 2026 | 61 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Levy Premium Food Service Limited Partnership, 1901 W Madison St (Oct 23, 2026)
- Baba Shawarma Inc., 6404 N California Ave (Sep 16, 2026)
- Seashell On 111th Inc, 100 W 111th St (Sep 8, 2026)
- Jieyi Sushi, 1178 N Milwaukee Ave (Aug 31, 2026)
- R J Grunts, 2054-2056 N Lincoln Park West (Aug 24, 2026)
- Cafe Istanbul, 2014 W Division St (Aug 17, 2026)
- Ap Deli, 10758 S Michigan Ave (Aug 6, 2026)
- Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant, 111 W Adams St (Jul 29, 2026)
- El Gallo Bravo, 3714 W Lawrence Ave (Jul 29, 2026)
- Adalina Prime, 360 N Green St (Jul 29, 2026)
- La Malinche Coffee House Llc, 2110 S Halsted St (Jul 28, 2026)
- Jimmy Johns, 11207 S Corliss Ave (Jul 27, 2026)
- Nutella Ferrero & Nutella Cafe, 189 N Michigan Ave (Jul 22, 2026)
- Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant, 185 N Wabash Ave (Jul 20, 2026)
- 2015 See Thru Chinese Kitchen, 609 E 79th St (Jul 15, 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.