The Bird In C-Town

For weeks now that poor sparrow has been aimlessly flying around the grocery sales area in C-Town. Store management needs to have the bird humanely removed. Not only is it disturbing for customer’s like myself to hear it in distress and see the crap all over the signs, it is a health issue as well.

Where is that bird roosting at night when the store is closed? Quite possibly in the lettuce, where it can spread such pathogenic organisms like Salmonella, E-coli, Listeria or Campylobactor. Guess what, that stuff is impossible to wash out of your salad.

C-Town needs to have bird control measures in place such as; eliminating harborage areas, keeping receiving doors closed, fixing holes, bird deterrents and most importantly having a solid integrated pest management system.

Birds in the interior of a grocery store are deemed a “Critical Violation” by the New York State Department of Agriculture, the Regulatory Agency responsible for the health inspections in supermarkets. You would figure after failing last year’s health inspection because of not having the proper “Letter of Guarantee” in the sushi department from the purveyor responsible for making sure the fish he is spinning up (which I hope did not come from the Hudson) was properly frozen at sea for parasite destruction, store management would pay more attention to food safety. I ain’t seeing it. Neither are you, the consumer, because they are breaking the law by not having their last NY State Inspection posted conspicuously on the front window or door of the store for everyone to see.

I am tired of the poor bird, moldy produce, products displayed at room temperature that need refrigeration, metal in my rotisserie chicken, no proper ingredient labels on your store made sandwiches and thermally abused milk that spoils in a day.

C-Town you are making enough money from this community to serve safe food, it is your responsibility.

For more information regarding food safety, please visit foodsafetystories.com.

David Walpuck CP-FS