Leaked photos show a Dollar General store with rat-chewed products, a dead rodent, and fecal matter covering the stockroom floor.

• Photos at a Dollar General store in Texas show evidence of a rat infestation.
• It’s the latest Dollar General store to face problems with rodents — and resulting health hazards.
• Dollar General has also been cited for clutter, and resulting fire escape hazards, at its stores.

Early this year, a Dollar General employee named Timothy was spending his working hours cleaning up the retailer’s stores in East Texas.

At a store in Hutto, about 28 miles northeast of Austin, he found a disgusting scene: Rats had taken over the back room, chewing through bags of pet food and leaving their waste on jars of baby food. Photos obtained by Insider show dead rats, products with holes chewed through them, and droppings from the rodents at the store.