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New Dynasty Restaurant in downtown Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)
By The Canadian Press
Cockroaches

Lethbridge restaurant forced to closed due to “heavy cockroach infestation”

Jun 6, 2019 | 5:16 PM

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A popular Chinese restaurant in the southern Alberta city of Lethbridge has been ordered to shut down after an inspection found a heavy cockroach infestation.

The New Dynasty Restaurant in the city’s downtown wasn’t keeping high-risk foods at proper temperatures either.

Alberta Health Services says it conducted an inspection after receiving a customer complaint.

The report says live cockroaches were observed on walls, floors and shelves; dead cockroaches were found in glue traps and egg casings were also discovered.

Medical health officer Dr. Vivien Suttorp says the order to close earlier this week is not punitive, but falls under the Public Health Act’s duty to inform.

She says there is no risk to anyone who ate at New Dynasty in the days before it was shut down.

by The Canadian Press