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DHEC gives Ingles clean bill of health

LANDRUM–After several reports of mice at the Landrum Ingles, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) shared on Wednesday that the store, located at 1851 Hwy 14E., is officially clean. After a thorough inspection, there were no remnants of any rodents located.

 

DHEC returned for a follow-up inspection on December 6th in response to the recently criticized matter. The store checked out clean, receiving a 100% on the Food and Retail Establishment Report. The report did show that Ingles provided DHEC a summary of the visit from ECOLAB, the pest control company used.

 

According to DHEC representative, Laura Renwick, after receiving the original three complaints made about feces, no additional complaints were filed with DHEC. Renwick shared that on the day of the second inspection, no pest activity was detected within the store. Both the Food and Retail Establishment report and the DHEC report stated that the location should be clean and pristine. The Ingles location will still continue to receive ongoing pest control to ensure this issue will be fully resolved and will not return. 

 

Ingles Management has yet to respond to the reported incidents that have occurred over the past months. They have spoken directly only with DHEC regarding the pest control company and the steps that were taken to alleviate the problem.

 

DHEC is now reporting the store is clean and is in much better shape than before. 

By Carson Parnell