Asda has been fined £300,000 after dead mice and flies were found by inspectors at a home delivery depot in north London.
They were discovered in the bread section of the site in Enfield, which distributes food to online shoppers in Essex and London.
Council officers also found mouse droppings on shelves and in a packet of cereal, the shells of fly pupae, and a packet of sugar that had been gnawed by rats.
Asda admitted three food safety and hygiene breaches and was also ordered to pay £4,843 costs.
A spokesman for the retailer said: “The conditions found at our Enfield home shopping centre in May 2016 were completely unacceptable and we are deeply sorry that on this occasion the strict processes we have in place failed at a local level. We would like to reassure all our customers that immediate steps were taken as soon as the issue was flagged last year to restore the high standards that our customers expect from us.”
