{"id":83904,"date":"2016-06-14T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/us-food-regulators-warn-whole-foods-on-massachusetts-plant-2\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:00:08","slug":"us-food-regulators-warn-whole-foods-on-massachusetts-plant-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/us-food-regulators-warn-whole-foods-on-massachusetts-plant-2\/","title":{"rendered":"US food regulators warn Whole Foods on Massachusetts plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dateline\">LOS ANGELES \u2013 \u00a0<\/span>U.S. food safety regulators have warned Whole Foods Market Inc that inspections at the grocer&#8217;s Everett, Massachusetts, plant turned up violations that could result in food being &#8220;contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shares in Whole Foods, which has been working to bolster sales amid intense competition, were down 2.6 percent to $32.61 in afternoon trading on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>During five inspections between Feb. 10 and 26, inspectors found food products that were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a warning letter dated June 8 and posted on its website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"mod-25\">\n<h2>More on this&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Rash of E. coli cases highlights foodborne illness problem<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Kellogg&#8217;s recalls Keebler, Famous Amos cookies for undeclared peanut residue<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Clif Bar snacks join list of recalled items with sunflower seeds that may be contaminated<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>The agency said in the letter that it had received a response from Whole Foods outlining steps it would take to correct the issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not consider your response acceptable because you failed to provide documentation for our review, which demonstrates that all your noted corrective actions have been effectively implemented,&#8221; the FDA said.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA gave Whole Foods 15 days from the receipt of the letter to document the corrective actions it has taken, or to state the reasons for any delays.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 \u00a0U.S. food safety regulators have warned Whole Foods Market Inc that inspections at the grocer&#8217;s Everett, Massachusetts, plant turned up violations that could result in food being &#8220;contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health.&#8221; Shares in Whole Foods, which has been working to bolster sales amid intense competition, were down 2.6 <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/us-food-regulators-warn-whole-foods-on-massachusetts-plant-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}