Mice close Chicago Whole Foods
"Dear Valued Customers,
As you already know, the Health Department closed our store after finding that we did not fully comply with a few concerns they had, including evidence of mice."
The Chicago Tribune reports that a Whole Foods on North Avenue, in one of Chicago's wealthiest neighborhoods, was found with mouse feces in the back room and a dead mouse in a glue trap.
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Some expressed themselves on the Tribune's Web site:
•"This is what happens when grocery stores are run by hippies who don't believe in pesticide."
•"Why can't mice have an organic experience too? I am shocked that an attorney has not filed a class suit because Whole Foods did not provide adequate bathroom facilities for the mice."
•"Sadly, if Whole Foods packaged [the droppings] nicely as a topping for toast points and charged $10.99 per ounce, the lemming snobs would probably buy it."
As you already know, the Health Department closed our store after finding that we did not fully comply with a few concerns they had, including evidence of mice."
The Chicago Tribune reports that a Whole Foods on North Avenue, in one of Chicago's wealthiest neighborhoods, was found with mouse feces in the back room and a dead mouse in a glue trap.
Some expressed themselves on the Tribune's Web site:•"This is what happens when grocery stores are run by hippies who don't believe in pesticide."
•"Why can't mice have an organic experience too? I am shocked that an attorney has not filed a class suit because Whole Foods did not provide adequate bathroom facilities for the mice."
•"Sadly, if Whole Foods packaged [the droppings] nicely as a topping for toast points and charged $10.99 per ounce, the lemming snobs would probably buy it."
Mice at Metropolitan Opera restaurant
The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says on its website that an April 9 restaurant inspection at the Metropolitan Opera found "evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or nonfood areas."
The nation's largest musical organization also was cited for "food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service."
The department did not issue a notice of violation against the Met because the inspection found 13 violation points — below the average of 15 for New York City restaurants.
The nation's largest musical organization also was cited for "food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service."
The department did not issue a notice of violation against the Met because the inspection found 13 violation points — below the average of 15 for New York City restaurants.
Ontario grocer fined for mice in warehouse
The Toronto Star is reporting that the owners of Ontario's second largest supermarket chain, A&P, have been fined $15,625 after pleading guilty in provincial offences court to a charge of failing to prevent a rodent infestation.
A City of Toronto health inspector laid the charge after finding the A&P warehouse in the west end was overrun with mice last fall.
The warehouse, which serves 250 Dominion, A&P and Food Basics stores in Ontario, was closed for two days in September while the problem was cleared up.
A City of Toronto health inspector laid the charge after finding the A&P warehouse in the west end was overrun with mice last fall.The warehouse, which serves 250 Dominion, A&P and Food Basics stores in Ontario, was closed for two days in September while the problem was cleared up.
