{"id":796560,"date":"2026-07-12T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796560\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:32:30","slug":"richmond-bc-food-stall-reopens-after-rodent-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796560\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond BC food stall reopens after rodent issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rodent and insect activity was found in the reopened stall over a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Chopsticks Express resume service\u00a0on July 9, nine\u00a0days after Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) ordered the food stall closed due to pest infestation and unsanitary conditions, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vch.ca\/en\/media\/30801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an updated inspection report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On June 30, Chopstick Express inside the Yaohan Centre food court in Richmond was ordered to shut down following a routine VCH inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Inspectors identified six infractions, five of which were\u00a0critical.<\/p>\n<p>The violations included evidence of rodent and insect activity, and unhygienic equipment, utensils and food-contact services.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce3 Got an opinion on this story or any others in Richmond? <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.richmond-news.com%2Fsubmissions%2Fletter-to-the-editor&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cacampbell%40glaciermedia.ca%7Cbf85b91e31f64efd86dc08dcb0035f36%7C5a6f30998a9543e9a941e2c7022c9f11%7C0%7C0%7C638578775724237081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FPBb%2FvpOjOo10AMINb0O2XqGp%2FzSk4qwXPKOEOva5U0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.richmond-news.com\/submissions\/letter-to-the-editor. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Send us a letter<\/a> or email your thoughts or story tips to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouverisawesome.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#5f1a3b362b302d1f0d363c373230313b72113a282c713c3032\" title=\"mailto:Editor@Richmond-News.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf2 To stay updated on Richmond news, sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.richmond-news.com%2Faccount%2Fmailinglist&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cacampbell%40glaciermedia.ca%7Cbf85b91e31f64efd86dc08dcb0035f36%7C5a6f30998a9543e9a941e2c7022c9f11%7C0%7C0%7C638578775724259358%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0KhaSj2zzNnTH4%2F6909YRPCB5SNEDBbhqu3LYZCx6Ik%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.richmond-news.com\/account\/mailinglist. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">daily headline newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcac Words missing in article? Your adblocker might be preventing hyperlinked text from appearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rodent and insect activity was found in the reopened stall over a week ago. Chopsticks Express resume service\u00a0on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-796560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}