By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 11:18 EST, 18 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:45 EST, 18 July 2013 Tesco chiefs made an ‘unreserved apology’ in court after one of its flagship stores was plagued by rodents. Mouse droppings were found on the shop floor and on bakery packaging at Tesco Metro in Covent Garden, central London - where 55,000 shoppers flock each week. Inspectors found what they described as a ‘super mouse’ in one of the food crates. It was much larger than a standard mouse because it had been gorging on protein. Disgusting: A large mouse, sitting on a crate of food at a Tesco store. The retail chain's chiefs made an 'unreserved apology' in court after dead mice and droppings were found throughout the store
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Health inspectors discovered the rodents and droppings at busy Tesco
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Raw chicken had been gnawed on by mice and floors were filthy
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Officials also found dead bodies of pests in the dairy area
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