Phoenix, Arizona (March, 17 2007, By Courtney Zubowski / 3TV reporter) - Three shoppers say they used their camera phone to take a picture of a rodent in a doughnut case at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter located at 1607 West Bethany Home Road Phoenix, Arizona. They say there were at least three rodents in the case. "What I thought I was going to spend $200 in groceries, I ended up leaving with nothing other than pictures of rats and doughnuts," said one of the shoppers.
It was Saturday night, at the Wal-Mart when the three shoppers with a sweet tooth hit a sour note. "Like a big cinnamon bun looking thing, there's like chunks eaten out of it," said a shopper. They ratted on what they believed to be rats in the doughnut case. But the Wal-Mart employees, they shoppers say, were rude. "They said this is normal with construction," said a shopper. "We're like, 'normal?' You're just going to let a rat eat your food and leave it out for people to buy?"
David Ludwig is the Maricopa County Environmental Health Division Manager. "I don't think anyone wants to have urine, mouse droppings or even rodent hair on their food," Ludwig said. Ludwig's office is now investigating the case. He says this isn't the first time he's received complaints of rodents at this specific Wal-Mart. "(This Wal-Mart location has the) highest number of complaints I've seen in one area," he said.
According to county records, someone said they saw a huge rat run from behind a partition and crawl into a display case in February. That complaint, however, wasn't verified. They found nothing. Health inspectors didn't find anything in December of last year when someone called to say there was a severe problem with rats and mice.
And last June, health inspectors didn't find anything after someone saw a rat or mouse crawling from the cash register into a deli case. "We can take five business days to follow up on a complaint," Ludwig said. "I made sure our inspectors will go out there later today to go verify and see this case."
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