Whole Foods Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• 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: FOUND THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES- SAUSAGE AT 47.8 F, CHICKEN AT 47.3 F, ROASTED VEGGIES AT 48.0 F AND CHEESE AT 48.0 F, ALL SAID ITEMS FOUND INSIDE PIZZA REACH IN COOLER HOWEVER REACH IN COOLER AMBIENT AIR TEMPERTURE AT 41.0 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP INSIDE PIZZA PREP COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS AND DUST BUILD UP ON REAR OF DELI PREP WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: NO THERMOMETER INSIDE MEAT PREP AREA REACH IN COOLER OVEN READY RETAIL CASE. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR COOLER.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 17, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 6 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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