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Don’t read before lunch . . . or any other time of the day, for that matter:
A Manhattan Rite Aid pharmacy leads the Top 12 dirtiest food stores in the city, a report obtained by The Post shows. The Rite Aid at 1849 Second Ave. on the Upper East Side flunked six straight sanitary inspections between March 2005 and April 2006 when inspectors discovered such problems as hundreds of mouse droppings and food gnawed by rodents.
An alarming 159 New York City supermarkets failed three or more sanitary inspections last year according to the “Enough to Make You” report released today by Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx).
At least the Second Avenue Rite Aid is trying: One of the 34 infractions noted by inspectors was three mouse carcasses on glue traps. Inspectors also found rodent-defiled foods on the Rite Aid’s shelves — including packages marred by mice gnawing, urine and droppings.
A spokesman for Rite Aid could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Next on Klein’s list is the African Market on Faile Street in The Bronx, where live rats were found along with about 100,000 pounds of food infested by beetles and rodents.
But wait, there’s more:
* King Food Farm on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. Inspectors found three freshly dead mice and 40 pounds of rodent-defiled chicken. The store passed inspection in April.
* Noah Products on Ditmas Avenue in Brooklyn. Violations included dozens of mouse droppings and two shipping cartons of rodent-defiled smoked fish.
* Associated Supermarket on 14th Street, Manhattan. Rodent droppings were found throughout the store and food-prep areas, and 28 pounds of dog food were defiled with mouse droppings, gnaw marks and urine stains.
No one was willing to talk to the Post about the report.
Also added to the “no-go” list (like under any circumstances ever):
- Kmart at 2660 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island
- American Fu Zhou Grocery at 101 East Broadway, Manhattan
- Rodriguez Meat Market at 571 E. 184th St., The Bronx
- Global Commodities at 14-50A 118th St., College Point, Queens.
- Golden Town Supermarket at 35-16 Junction Blvd., Corona, Queens
- Genesis Deli Grocery at 3210 Fulton St., Brooklyn
- Rockaway Food at 1370 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn.
