MONROE, N.C. — After several posts on social media claimed that a Walmart in Monroe didn’t throw out refrigerated items following a power outage, the Union County Environmental Health Office reported that no issues were found during an inspection.
The posts claimed that the Walmart didn’t have power for 16 hours and that the store didn’t remove refrigerated items. Commenters wrote on the post that they had contacted the health department for more information about what happened.
According to a release from Union County to Channel 9, Environmental Health got the report and started investigating. Union County says that Environmental Health notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and then conducted a visit to the store.
Union County says the manager on duty reported that store staff members “placed caution tape around customer-accessible refrigeration units to restrict sales while equipment and food product temperatures were checked.”
The manager at the store told Union County Environmental Health that any “distressed items” were discarded.
During the visit, an Environmental Health specialist checked the temperatures in the deli display cases, and they were at safe holding temperatures of 41 degrees or less.
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