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CALGARY- The mayor of Calgary says he plans to investigate why two businesses donating food to flood volunteers were shut down.

Purple Perk and Original Joe’s are two popular businesses along Fourth Street S.W., which was badly flooded.

On Monday, they set up an area along the trendy street to give away free food and coffee to flood victims and volunteers in the community of Mission.

However, AHS inspectors showed up on Monday afternoon and shut the operation down, citing health code violations.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he was concerned by the news, and plans to investigate.

He added that they had the right intentions, and will likely be reopened for business on Tuesday.

In a statement to Global News, AHS said:

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It is still not safe for some affected restaurants to open. Public safety must come first.

We are working with restaurants to help them reopen, as soon as is safely possible.

We have 34 inspectors out on the ground here today, working to help businesses reopen, safely.

These inspectors are visiting businesses in the areas affected by floods.

Specifically, Purple Perk and OJs have NOT had power restored; the back-up power that these facilities were trying to use was not providing the power they needed to cook & serve food safely.

AHS will reinspect once city power is restored to these two businesses.

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