Whole Foods Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeRetail Food
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: walk in/properly cover all foods in walk in
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: kitchen/repair top steamer
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: walk in/provide internal thermometer front line reach in units/provide internal thermometers
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: mens restroom/employee/repair faucet to operate for 20 seconds kitchen handsinks/repair leak from pipe under sink/repair slow drain to vegetable prep handsink
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: hot line/clean floor area behind equipment resurface worn floor in kitchen/dishroom
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
  Inspector note: hot line/replace burnt out light
  code 38-6-303.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2011: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Analyze Boston.