A supermarket where a “significant rat infestation” was found has been ordered to pay more than £8,000, the council in Wolverhampton said.
Evidence of rodent activity across a number of areas of the sales floor and warehouse was discovered by environmental health officers who went to Fighting Cocks Supermarket [FCS] on Dudley Road last year.
This included rat droppings, gnawed food, gnawed fixtures and fittings and rat footprints on dusty cans of food, the authority said.
FCS admitted breaches of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 at Dudley Magistrates’ Court.
The business was fined £3,000, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £1,200 and £4,000 in costs.