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FDA Cites 'Serious Violations' Of Sanitary Conditions At Whole Foods Kitchen

Their food 鈥渕ay have been contaminated with filth," says the agency in a letter sent to the company.

The Food and Drug Administration has sent Whole Foods Market a letter over 鈥渟erious violations鈥 at a Massachusetts kitchen, warning the grocer that food prepared there 鈥渕ay have been contaminated with filth.鈥 The FDA鈥檚 Public Health Service describes multiple inspections conducted during February at the North Atlantic kitchen in Everett, which had condensate from ceiling joints dripping onto work surfaces below. (6/14)

The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Whole Foods co-CEOs John Mackey and Walter Robb about what the FDA called "serious violations" it found after inspecting a Whole Foods food preparation facility in Everett, MA, in February. The FDA said in the letter -- dated June 8 -- that it found various items, including pesto pasta, mushroom quesadillas, egg salad and couscous, were in areas where "condensate" was leaking from ceiling joints, a doorway and condenser fan. (La Monica, 6/14)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cited Austin-based Whole Foods Market in a warning letter for several food safety violations, saying the retailer must take several correction actions to address the concerns. The agency said in a June 8 letter to co-CEOs John Mackey and Walter Robb that in February it inspected the organic food giant鈥檚 food manufacturing facility in Everett, Mass. and 鈥渇ound serious violations鈥 of the agency鈥檚 regulations for manufacturing, packing or storing food. (Grisales, 6/14)

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