Whole Foods under fire from FDA for ‘serious violations’
The government organization alleged that the grocery chain’s plant in Massachusetts has glaring sanitation and health issues. The company said its working to address them.
The Food and Drug Administration has given the high-end grocery chain until the end of the month to correct “serious violations” at a Massachusetts plant.
The FDA released the letter it sent to Whole Foods—and if you’re at all germaphobic, I suggest that you not read it.
I’ll summarize: The FDA alleged that the Whole Foods plant in question has lax standards when it comes to keeping its food safe from contaminates, including an alarming amount of condensation from pipes gets into the food and employees who don’t do a great job of keeping themselves or their utensils sanitary.
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