Whole Foods Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeRetail Food
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Hot Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: Chicken Tenders at hot holding food section registered 128F. PIC moved it to oven for re-heating above 165F. Maintain at 140F or above.
  code 03-3-501.16*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided
  Inspector note: Some refrigerating unit without proper interior refrigerator. Provide.
  code 05-4-302.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: Cutting board heavily scored at the sandwich section. Resurface or replace.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
  Inspector note: Three Bay Sinks at Bakery area and Fish Section registers QUATs-over 400ppm. Employees are diluting manually the sanitizer. Repair the pre-mixed sanitizer to maintain between 200-400ppm.
  code 16-4-501.11/.15* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Bakery Serving Line- Refrigerating Units with soiled gaskets/edges. Clean and sanitize properly.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Wall at the prepared food cooking line soiled. Clean properly.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 31, 2018: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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