Whole Foods Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER TEMPERATURE AT 138.9F AT HAND WASHING SINK IN PRODUCE PREP AREA. MAXIMUM WATER TEMPERATURE CAN BE AT 120.0F THROUGH A MIXING VALVE OR COMBINATION FAUCET. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. EMPLOYEE FIXED WATER TEMPERATURE ON SITE AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE READING BETWEEN 100-120.0F.
  code 10Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FINAL HOT WATER SANITIZING RINSE TEMPERATURE AT 131.0F AT HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. FINAL RINSE FOR HOT WATER SANITIZING MUST BE AT LEAST 180.0F AND NO HIGHER THAN 194.0F. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE TEMPERATURE OF WASH SOLUTION IN HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AT 149.0F. WASH SOLUTION TEMPERATURE MUST BE AT A MINIMUM OF 160.0F AT HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED. temperature of the wash solution
  code 48
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RAT DROPPINGS AROUND OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS. MUST MAINTAIN PREMISES AND REMOVE RAT DROPPINGS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LIGHT BULB NOT WORKING AT VENTILATION HOOD LOCATED AT PREPARED FOODS PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE WITH NEW LIGHT BULB.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 25, 2022: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 3 previous findings 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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