Walsall grocery store shut down for mice droppings for second time in two years

Environmental health officers from Walsall Council inspected Bangla Stores on Milton Street, in Palfrey, on Monday following an anonymous complain.

After the discovery of mouse droppings throughout the premises a Emergency Hygiene Prohibition Notice ordering the business to close was served immediately.

Then on Wednesday council officials attended Dudley Magistrates Court to present evidence and the decision was confirmed.

Magistrates issued a full Emergency Hygiene Prohibition Order requiring the premises remain closed until Environmental Health Officers are satisfied the health risk has been removed.

David Elrington, regulatory services manager, at Walsall Council, said: “Mice carry a range of bacteria that if passed to humans through their urine or droppings can cause serious illness.

"The duty of Environmental Health staff is to protect public health and wherever circumstances are found that do not meet the required standards robust action will be taken to prevent the spread of disease."

It is not the first time mouse droppings have been found at the shop.

In 2015 it was shut down in similar circumstances in June that year due to what the council described as a 'serious infestation'.