Moar from our friends at the Chicago Department of Public Health:
Whole Foods Shut by City Health Department
Health Violation Unacceptable
The Whole Foods store located at 1000 W. North Avenue was ordered closed today after Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) inspectors discovered evidence of a rodent infestation.
Whole Foods was shut down after CDPH inspectors found mouse feces throughout the premises, including more than 100 droppings in one walk-in cooler alone. Also found was a dead mouse on a glueboard trap.
Whole Foods will remain closed until its management has corrected the violation and passed re-inspection.
The enforcement action was the 109th time in 2008 that Health Department inspectors have shut a food establishment for violations of the Chicago Health Code.
Representatives of Whole Foods will have to explain themselves at an administrative hearing on August 21 and pay a fine expected to total $500.
Chicagoans who believe that a grocery store or other food establishment is operating in an unsafe manner are encouraged to dial 311 and report it.
Hat tip / tag-team to ma boy Paul Adam Smith @ Gapers Block.