Health Department Orders Closure Of Pittsburgh Market

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Allegheny County Health Department has ordered the closure of Yasmine Market, on Brownsville Road in Carrick, for numerous food code violations.

A Sept. 17 inspection revealed the market was opening and operating without a valid permit. Additionally:

• Milk was being sold past its sell-by date.

• Food was adulterated with mold.

• The market was operating without proper food cooling procedures.

• Date marking procedures were not being used.

• There was evidence of pests.

• Inadequate sanitation practices were observed.

The health department posts a red "closed" placard at a food facility when an imminent health hazard is identified, a facility operates without a valid permit or a yellow consumer alert goes uncorrected for 10 days.