Chicago violation 39: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
Official wording (Chicago Department of Public Health): CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
In inspections since January 2021 this violation number was listed 5,899 times at 3,122 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 | 546 |
| 2022 | 762 |
| 2023 | 991 |
| 2024 | 1,228 |
| 2025 | 1,455 |
| 2026 | 917 |
Most recent citations
Establishments where this code most recently appeared. A citation reflects one inspection on one date.
- Fat Peach Bakery, 2907 S Archer Ave (Oct 29, 2026)
- Taipei Cafe, 2609-2611 S Halsted St (Oct 29, 2026)
- Morgan Manufacturing, 401 N Morgan St (Oct 29, 2026)
- City Winery Chicago, 1200-1212 W Randolph St (Oct 28, 2026)
- Golden Crust Pizzeria, 4620 N Kedzie Ave (Oct 28, 2026)
- El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc., 2700 N Central Ave (Oct 26, 2026)
- Tuk Tuk Thai Isan Street Food, 2852 N Clark St (Oct 26, 2026)
- Paleteria El Sabor De Michoacan Inc., 2456 W 47th St (Oct 26, 2026)
- Levy Premium Food Service Limited Partnership, 1901 W Madison St (Oct 23, 2026)
- Museum Kitchen, 5700 S Jean Baptiste Pointe Dusable Lake Shore Dr (Oct 22, 2026)
- Huck Finn Donuts, 3414 S Archer Ave (Oct 22, 2026)
- 5800 North Cafe, 5800-5802 N Milwaukee Ave (Oct 22, 2026)
- Dunkin Donuts, 5448 S Pulaski Rd (Oct 22, 2026)
- European Classic, 5930 N Elston Ave (Oct 21, 2026)
- Jerk, 811 W Chicago Ave (Oct 21, 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.