An area grocery store in one of many UK’s largest cities has been ordered to pay a superb after a mouse and cockroaches had been found on the premises. S&D Supermarket on Soho Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, has been ordered to pay £24,000 by town council’s environmental well being division. A report revealed that rodent droppings had been found on the cabinets within the retailer.
Meanwhile, a dwell mouse and cockroaches had been discovered within the retailer’s crisps part. The report added that there was extraordinarily poor pest proofing all through the store, and it was typically unclean. It was additionally discovered to not be registered with Birmingham City Council, so there was no meals security plan in place. The agency that owns the store has been ordered to pay £20,000 with practically £400 in prices.
At Birmingham Magistrates Court on October 30, 2025, Inventure Soho Road Ltd, primarily based at Foleshill Road, Coventry, pleaded responsible to 5 offences in relation to the situation of the shop underneath the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.
The outcome and particulars of the cost had been then printed in a Birmingham City Council report back to a licensing and public safety committee on January 14.
“The premises was not kept clean and cleaning procedures were extremely poor, pest proofing was also extremely poor and the structure of the premises was unsuitable allowing access to pests,” the report reads.
“A live mouse was located in the crisp section along with live cockroaches. Articles, fittings and equipment which came into contact with food were not kept in good repair and condition in that retail shelving throughout the store was contaminated with rodent droppings.”
It provides: “There were no permanent procedures in place based on HACCP principles. The business was not registered with Birmingham City Council.”
Manager Sanjay Patel advised Birmingham Live that workers had taken accountability and carried out a renovation, and it was now rated 4 stars.
“We are the new owners and took over in 2024. We were closed down by the council on August 30 because there was pest activity, and we reopened on September 1,” he stated.
“We pleaded guilty on October 30. There was an open drainage under the freezer area and we have sealed that off. We’ve done building work and we’ve put new fridge freezers and shelves. There has been no issue and we are good.”
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