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New Zealand retailer fined for rat infestation

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New Zealand retailer fined for rat infestation

A retailer in New Zealand has been fined for failing to properly escalate and manage a rodent infestation at one of its supermarkets.

Woolworths was fined NZ $33,000 (U.S. $19,000) at Dunedin District Court following a prosecution by New Zealand Food Safety, having earlier pleaded guilty to one charge under the Food Act.

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