Whole Foods Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOODS NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION/THE PUBLIC. PASTRY DISPLAY CASE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR SELF-SERVE WITH ASSORTED PASTRIES OPEN, UNCOVERED, WITHOUT APPROPRIATE SNEEZE GUARDS OR SHIELDS. MANAGEMENT STATES APPROXIMATELY 64 LBS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $529.00 WAS DISCARDED. DISPLAY CASE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL PROPER SHIELDS/GUARDS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND C.D.P.H. CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: SUMMARY REPORT GIVEN FROM INSPECTION MADE ON 2-25-13 NOT POSTED VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. OBSERVED COVERED IN DISPLAY CASE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-010(B).
  code 28
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN PREPARED FOODS DEPT. MUST BE LABELED.
  code 30
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: DIRTY LIGHT SHIELDS IN DISH ROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE VENTILATION IN ALL THREE EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: OLIVE BAR DISPLAY CASE THERMOMETER NOT OPERATIONAL. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 25, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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