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The operators of a Front Royal food store which has been the target of state charges of rodent violations said Monday that all problems have been solved and business continues to be brisk at the Gateway Plaza market.
According to Michael Mazango, corporate communications director for the Salisbury, N. C.-based Food Lion chain, a private exterminator hired by his firm has given their store here a clean bill of health now for two consecutive weeks.
He also said the store’s manager, 30-year-old James Armbrister, and others are making daily inspections for evidence of rodents with negative results.
Early this month, charges in Warren County General District Court were brought against manager Armbrister by state agricultural department inspector G. W. Williams. The charges claim that the Food Lion store failed to protect food in the process of sale or storage from possible rodent contamination; failed to maintain sanitary conditions after being notified to do so; and offered for sale food that had been gnawed by rodents. Mr. Armbrister is scheduled to appear in court September 16.
The Food Lion spokesman said Monday, “The problem that existed is now in the past. The news is (getting) out now,” but Mr. Armbrister and others have taken corrective action, Mr. Mazango said. It is as clean a place as any other grocery store here, he said.
Mr. Mazango said that Mr. Armbrister was transferred to the Front Royal store this spring to correct problems and “he’s done the job. ”
The spokesman blamed the charges on a rapid succession of inspections that did not allow Mr. Armbrister sufficient time to correct the rodent problem. He said the charges are based on the result of a June inspection. “The inspections
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