Whole Foods Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED AIR TEMPERATURE OF THE PIZZA PREP COOLER AT 47.4F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 40 OR BELOW. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED INSIDE FRONT DISPLAY COOLER PACKAGED OF BEEF ITALIAN MEAT BALL AND BEEF FAJITAS TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM 47.3F TO 48.8F. OBSERVED INSIDE REACH-IN MEAT COOLER PREPACKAGES OF FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER TEMPERTURE NATURE'S RANCHER GROUND BUFFALO, BRAT HANS CHICKEN MAPLE BREAKFAST LINK, HARBEST APPLE CHICKEN SAUSAGES, AND MAPLE CHICKEN MINI LINKS AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM 47.6F TO 51.3F. ALSO ALSO OBSERVED INSIDE PIZZA DECK COOLER FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, SAUSAGE, FETA CHEESE,SAUCE, MARINATED FETA, BACON, SPINACH, MUSHROOMS, VEGGIES AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM 49.8F TO 59.4F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELLY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED FOOD ITEMS APPROXIMATELLY 71.9LBS TOTAL COST $528.59 CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE BUILD ON CONDENSERS INSIDE DISPLAY FREEZERS BY POTATOES SECTION. MUST REMOVE ALL ICE BUILD UP AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRT BUILDUP INSIDE ICE MACHINE PANELS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON SIDE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN MAIN KITCHEN PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. DETAIL CLEAN EXTERIOR OF FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLERS ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH SHELVING. REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST MAINTAIN FLOOR DRY INSIDE WALK-IN PRODUCE COOLER AT ALL TIMES.
  code 34
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: FOOD HNADLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS, RECORS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 27, 2015: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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