LONG BEACH >> A convenience market has been shut down since last week, ever since a city health inspector discovered cockroach egg sacs inside a candy bin.

An inspector with the Long Beach Bureau of Environmental Health visited Market on 7th Street, at 1741 E. Seventh St., Thursday and found plenty of evidence of vermin infestation, including five cockroaches and six egg sacs throughout the employee back counter and individually wrapped candy display on the front counter.

“Observed cockroaches crawling on the candy,” the inspector wrote. “Observed egg sacs in the candy bins.”

The market was immediately shut down and re-opened as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was edited after a city inspector gave the all-clear to Market on 7th Street to reopen.