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NRI's Mouse infestation grocery store closes in UK

Leicester, March, 05, 2009
Satnam Bajwa/ Gary Singh

Is your surname Patel? Congratulations- you are officially more likely to be a multi-millionaire than anyone else in the country. And if you aren't yet wealthy, you're likely to become so.

Usually in USA, patels own major businesses (Gas Stations, Hotels, Grocery Stores, etc)or if smart- become doctors. Mostly Grocery Stores are kept very clean by Patels

Abhinay Enterprises in East Midlands town of Leicester, was closed when health inspectors found mouse droppings near food and other unhygienic instances in the shop. In the past four years, it was the third time, this store was closed.

Inspector Alison Cadmore told the local court:

  • On February 25, she visited the shop, mouse droppings were found throughout the shop and food, which had been gnawed, was within reach of customers.
  • She noticed mouse droppings on the shelves to the front of the counter
  • And, when she looked behind her, she could see mouse droppings on the shelves along the wall.
  • She found two packs of 'papdi', a snack, on the shelves which had been gnawed by mice.
  • Mr Patel told me that 'papdi were not for sale and they did not stock them any more. The packets were accessible to customers.

Satnam said: This place was creepy!!! I got the feeling that everything was old!!!

Is food from these kinds of store safe?" Which makes us wonder about the pros and cons of e. coli and rats.

If anyone can shed light on the hours Health Inspectors work, please tell us, because we wonder if the Health Department should be visiting more locations

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Why are people so surprised at the unsanitary conditions in these stores? On e of the primary ways to keep food costs low is to have low staff numbers and low wages. Consequently there are fewer people to maintain hygiene and other services to customers. You cannot have it both ways. If the public had a different attitude , they would accept higher food prices and also higher employment for local workers, then all would benefit.