A mouse has been spotted at Sainsbury’s Local in High Road, Ilford

The video, which was posted on Instagram, showed the animal near the bakery of local eatery Sainsbury’s on the High Road in Ilford.

With over a thousand likes, it evoked a mixture of admiration and disgust from viewers.

One commenter compared the rat to the star of Disney’s Ratatouille, while another vowed to “never eat from an open supermarket bakery”.

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A concerned commenter called for food hygiene inspectors to visit the store.

The Recorder contacted Sainsbury’s for comment and a spokesperson said that once the pest was discovered they quickly caught and removed it.

As a precaution, they added, their team conducted a full inspection of the store.

A spokesman said: “All our stores have strict pest control and hygiene processes in place. We stock them in our High Road Ilford store.

“Our pest control contractor will be repeating this (inspection) regularly over the next few weeks to make sure our preventative measures are working and there are no further problems.”