CALIFORNIA: Whole Foods fails county health inspection - (Napa Valley Register)
February 16, 2008 – 6:15 pmNapas new Whole Foods received, according to this story, an F grade in its first county food facility inspection.
Store manager David Cosper was cited as saying the markets sheer size and diversity of offerings may have contributed towards the failing grade, which Whole Foods took steps to fix immediately.”
The report, dated Jan. 31, details 16 inspection categories that were out of compliance, including three major violations.
The major violations, which must be corrected immediately, included improper handwashing and use of gloves at a hot counter area, improper hot and cold holding temperatures in several food areas and lack of availability of hot or cold water at two sinks. Other violations included improper handling of food and food storage, uncovered containers and missing sneeze guards.
Cosper was further quoted as saying that since the first inspection, we added hourly sanitation walks through the store by our leadership team. We replaced and recalibrated all […]
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