Chicago violation 9: NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RTE FOOD OR A PRE-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE PROPERLY ALLOWE…
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RTE FOOD OR A PRE-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE PROPERLY ALLOWED
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 312 times at 283 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 | 28 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2023 | 76 |
| 2024 | 50 |
| 2025 | 52 |
| 2026 | 43 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Mcdonald's, 3241 W North Ave (Oct 21, 2026)
- Cafe Touche, 6731 N Northwest Hwy (Oct 16, 2026)
- La Quebrada #3, Inc., 5100-5102 S California Ave (Aug 17, 2026)
- Peanut Park Trattoria, 1359 W Taylor St (Aug 6, 2026)
- Adalina Prime, 360 N Green St (Jul 29, 2026)
- El Gallo Bravo, 3714 W Lawrence Ave (Jul 22, 2026)
- From Here On Food Hall & Market, 433 W Van Buren St (Jul 20, 2026)
- Vintage Lounge, 1447-1449 W Taylor St (Jul 1, 2026)
- Blue Plate Catering Ltd., 333 N Ogden Ave (Jun 23, 2026)
- Sweet Maple Cafe, 1339 W Taylor St (Jun 17, 2026)
- Damenzo's Inc, 2322-2324 W Taylor St (Jun 16, 2026)
- The Silversmith Hotel & Suites, 10-16 S Wabash Ave (Jun 12, 2026)
- Breakfast House Restaurant Inc., 1800 W Grand Ave (Jun 11, 2026)
- Wendy's Properties, Llc, 2312 N Ashland Ave (Jun 10, 2026)
- Bistro 151/Bar At 151, 151 E Wacker Dr (Jun 3, 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.