{"id":679199,"date":"2026-06-02T05:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/679199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T05:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:05:13","slug":"bay-area-targets-grocery-section-closed-following-rat-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/679199\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Target’s grocery section closed following rat infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A San Jose Target<\/a> remains partially closed following a health inspection that found signs of a vermin problem last week.<\/p>\n

The Target\u2019s grocery department was shut down immediately on Friday after rodent droppings and food packages that were chewed through were found throughout the store\u2019s warehouse, according to a Santa Clara County Environmental Health inspection report. In a written statement to\u00a0SFGATE, officials said the inspection was spurred by a complaint from the public. NBC Bay Area (KNTV-TV) first reported on the closure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grocery section will remain closed and no grocery items will be sold until a pest report has been provided that shows the problem has been addressed and an inspection can be conducted to confirm the presence of vermin has been eliminated,\u201d Santa Clara County Environmental Health wrote in the statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Non-food sections inside the Target are still open to the public.<\/p>\n

SFGATE attempted to contact Target about a reopening timeline but didn\u2019t hear back by publication.<\/p>\n

According to Santa Clara County Environmental Health, the food section can reopen as soon as a follow-up inspection shows the vermin issue has been resolved, but officials said Target has not requested a follow-up as of Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support food establishments to resolve issues quickly and safely,\u201d wrote a county spokesperson, stating that the public can access all county inspection reports at SCCDineOut<\/a>. Anyone can report problems via the county\u2019s site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a popular Target, located at 450\u00a0N Capitol Ave. in the city\u2019s Capitol Square shopping center, which made an unlikely cameo in a recent box office smash. The horror film \u201cBackrooms,\u201d<\/a> which brought in $81 million domestically at the box office during its opening this weekend, prominently features a flyer for a store located at the intersection of Capitol and McKee. The address corresponds to the Capitol Square shopping center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose Target remains partially closed following a health inspection that found signs of a vermin problem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,13499,245643],"class_list":["post-679199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-sfgfood","tag-sfglocal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}