Whole Foods Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: (7-38-005A) FOUND FOLLOWING IN SEAFOOD WALK-IN COOLER AT 44.6-46.5F: 68-LBS. OF FRESH SALMON FILLETS; 5.4-LBS. OF CRAB CAKES; 8.6-LBS. OF FRESH SEA BASS FILLET. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SAID PRODUCTS. (TOTAL VALUE = $1,355.00). INSTRUCTED TO MAINATIN ALL COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES MUST BE REPLACED. THE SNEEZE GUARDS AT THE SMALL SELF-SERVE SOUP STATION MUST EXTEND TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE CONTAINERS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: GASKETS OF SOME SMALL COOLERS MUST BE FREE OF FOOD DEBRIS; DUSTY FAN GUARDS & CONDENSERS OF WALK-IN COOLERS MUST BE KEPT CLEAN; CABINETS UNDER SINKS MUST BE KEPT ORGANIZED.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: WATER LEAK OBSERVED ON THE KNEE PEDAL FOR THE HOT WATER AT THE MEAT SECTION & ALSO ALONG THE SPLASHGUARD OF A HANDSINK AT THE DELI PREP AREA. HOT WATER KNOBS AT THE 4-COMP SINK ARE LOOSE, MUST FIX.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 14, 2011: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 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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