When you spend your $ 12 ( or whatever it costs ) on pre - made quinoa from Whole Foods , you no doubt expect it to be at leastsanitary , if not immensely healthier than middling quinoa . And yet , the FDA is on Whole Foods ' back for food cook in " insanitary conditions , " incisively the opposite of how the ship’s company markets itself .
In a letter addressed to the Co - CEOs of Whole Foods and dated June 8 , 2016 , the FDA outlines a variety of " serious violations " key out at the Whole Foods manufactoring adroitness in Everett , Massachusetts . Apparently , product at the facility were prepared , box , and stored in conditions in which they " may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health . ” Yikes .
The letter outlines six main violations , detailing instances of each . The six point made in the varsity letter are as take after :
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1.Your firm neglect to fabricate , package and store food under condition and controls necessary to minimize the potential for growing of microorganisms and pollution as required by 21 CFR 110.80(b)(2 ) .
2.Your business firm failed to exert equipment in an satisfactory condition through appropriate cleaning and sanitizing as require by 21 CFR 110.80(b)(1 ) .
3.Your firm failed to sanitize and soundly dry , prior to utilize , food for thought - contact surface which have been wet clean as ask by 21 CFR 110.35(d)(1 ) .
4.Your house go wrong to take right precautions to protect food and intellectual nourishment - impinging surface from contamination with chemical substance , filth and outside materials due to deficiencies in flora design as required by 21 CFR 110.20(b)(2 ) .
5.Your firm ’s hand - washing facilities lack running piss of a suitable temperature as required by 21 CFR 110.37(e ) .
6.Your business firm failed to properly name toxic sanitizing agents in a manner that protects against contamination of food as required by 21 CFR 110.35(b)(2 ) .
Examples of these intrusion include incidents like a pesto pasta being prepared in an area where " condensate from cap joints was dripping onto the surface below . " Mmm . Tasty .
Another example mentions workers cleanse too close to food preparation surface , leave in " sanitizer being spray onto an open colander of salad leafy greens . " unquestionably a zesty flavor there . you may scan all the examplesin the missive , which is nice and long .
All these violations were break during an inspection in February , and in a financial statement issued toStatesman , Whole Foods ' Vice President of Operations Ken Meyer say he was " surprised " by the letter . He get going on to say , " We ’ve been in skinny tangency with the FDA , open up our doors to inspector regularly since February and worked with them to address every issue impart to our care . ”
The letter from the FDA actually makes reference to Whole Foods following up on these issues with a written response on March 17 , 2016 . But , the FDAalsostates that Whole Foods did n’t provide the documentation needed to evidence that these sanitisation concern were being address , which is why there ’s still an issue .
It might be metre to reconsider what you ’re grabbing for luncheon tomorrow . After all , those rotisserie chickens are luscious .
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