Photo: Gregor RichardsonSouth Dunedin’s Countdown will remain closed for another day after a rat sighting today — bringing the store’s closure to two weeks. A Woolworths New Zealand spokeswoman said today a rat had been seen early this morning and the reopening of the store had been pushed back a day, to Saturday. The delay marks 14 days that the supermarket has been required to shut its doors, so the company could conduct intensive pest-control work. The spokeswoman said that the closure would not pose any risk to jobs and there was ‘‘lots of work available’’. Now, the store must remain closed until both the Ministry for Primary Industries’ New Zealand Food Safety agency and Woolworths are satisfied newly imposed additional pest-control measures have worked.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 21, 2024 04:26 UTC