Whole Foods Market

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4.602.12 MUST DETAIL CLEAN DRIED FOOD AND DEBRIS FROM EXTERIOR OF OVENS AND STEAMER IN PREPARED FOODS PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4.501.12 MUST REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS IN PREPARED FOODS PREP AREA, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS PRESENT ON CUTTING BOARDS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4.602.13 MUST DETAIL CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM LOWER SHELVES ON PREP TABLES IN MEAT, DELI, BAKERY AND PREPARED FOODS PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6.201.17 (A)(A)MUST DETAIL CLEAN DUST ACCUMULATION FROM VENT COVERS IN WALK-IN COOLERS, AND VENT COVERS MEAT PREP AREA. ALSO, DETAIL CLEAN DUST AND UNKNOWN DEBRIS FROM INSIDE LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREPARED FOODS PREP AREA. 6.201.11 MUST DETAIL CLEAN WATER AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOORS IN THE DELI, BAKERY, MEAT, AND PREPARED FOODS PREP AREAS, AND ALL WALK-IN COOLER'S AND FREEZERS. UNDER AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT ALL PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: 6.501.14 MUST DETAIL CLEAN GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD FILTERS IN THE PREPARED FOODS PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 27, 2018: 5 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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