Health department briefly closes SF grocery store for rat infestation

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The store's owner says the rat issue stems from a neighbor who won't stop scattering pounds of birdseed.

Google Street ViewDepartment of Public Health temporarily shut down Glen Park grocery store Canyon Market on Wednesday because of a rodent infestation. The store's owner, Janet Tarlov, blamed the rat problem on a neighbor leaving large piles of birdseed at the nearby BART station, reported theThe Glen Park resident has allegedly been scattering pounds of birdseed to feed pigeons at the Glen Park BART station and parking lot since February 2020, according to the.

Damage to Canyon Market from rodents has cost them tens of thousands of dollars in damage, Tarlov told the Glen Park Association. The health inspection of Canyon Market resulting in the shutdown found"rat droppings on food items, holes where vermin make nests and other evidence of a 'severe rodent infestation,'" according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The market reopened Thursday.

"My office has been working with the owners for months to resolve this issue--caused by a person distributing mass quantities of birdseed daily," wrote District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman in a ."DPH's response has been wholly inadequate, except to punish the person sounding the alarm in the 1st place."

 

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