Whole Foods Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND HEAVY ICE BUILD UP INSIDE OF MEAT WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FOUND A LEAK FROM UNDERNEATH THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT OF THE PRODUCE ROOM 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.
  code 51
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM 5/4/2021 REPORT #2501086 NOT CORRECTED: VIOLATION #47 (4-501.11) FOUND BROKEN DOOR GASKETS ON MULTIPLE WALK-IN COOLERS & FREEZERS THROUGHOUT THE REAR DOCK, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. VIOLATION #55 (6-501.11) REPAIR LOWER INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR DOOR DAMAGE ON MULTILPE WALK-IN COOLERS & FREEZERS ON REAR DOCK. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. MUST CORRECT PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 4, 2021: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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