East Liberty Dollar Tree Ordered To Close Due To Health Code Violations
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EAST LIBERTY (KDKA) - The Allegheny County Health Department has shut down the Dollar Tree in East Liberty after finding severe violations.
Records show this is not the first time the store has received a failing grade.
Two signs are now displayed in the window. One is handwritten by store management saying the store is closed until further notice. The other is an official one in red saying the store has been closed by the order of the Allegheny County Health Department.
Adrianne Smith didn't know the store had been closed.
"I was going to get small balloons and other small items for a little party. Yes, I was very shocked to find that out," Smith said.
The health department shut down the store Monday after finding unsanitary conditions. There were rodent dropping on shelves and in the back storage area. Additionally, bags of candy, cheese puffs and popcorn that had been chewed open by mice and the product eaten.
Orelee Welch said he shopped there often.
"Wow, that's kind of serious right there," Welch said.
Inspectors were called to the store twice in March. They found the same conditions and a strong odor of sewage in the storage area.
No one inside the store would talk about the situation.
According to the health department, Dollar Tree can request a follow up inspection 24 hours after the sign was placed in the window.
If no request is made, the health department will conduct another inspection in 10 days.
