Lincoln Park Whole Foods closed for mice infestation
July 9, 2008
City health inspectors closed down a North Side grocery store Wednesday after mouse droppings were found on the premises.
The Whole Foods Market at 1000 W. North Avenue was ordered closed after s Department of Public Health inspectors discovered evidence of a rodent infestation, according to a release from the department.
Inspectors found mouse feces throughout the premises, including more than 100 droppings in one walk-in cooler and a dead mouse on a glue board trap, the release said.
The grocery will remain closed until management has corrected the violation and passed re-inspection, the release said.
Representatives of Whole Foods will face an administrative hearing Aug. 21 and pay a fine expected to total $500, the release said.
The Lincoln Park location is one of 15 Whole Foods Markets in the Chicagoland area, according to the company Web site. It claims to be the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods, with more than 270 stores in North America and the United Kingdom, the site said.
The enforcement action was the 109th time in 2008 that health inspectors have shut a food establishment for violations of the city's Health Code.
