Farm Boy has voluntarily closed its store at 740 Dupont Street near Christie Street to perform what it calls “preventative maintenance” just weeks after the location was given a conditional pass for pest control and sanitization issues during a Dinesafe inspection.

It’s the second Farm Boy location to close this month after the company’s store at Yonge Street and Soudan Avenue was shuttered by the City for failing its Dinesafe inspection.

In that instance, the location at 2149 Yonge Street was cited for four infractions, including two that are considered crucial: “food premise maintained in a manner permitting health hazard (rodents)” and “fail to protect food from contamination or adulteration.”

It was also cited for the significant infraction of “failing to protect against harbourin

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