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Letter: Health officials out of touch over black market in Richmond

Dear Editor, Re: “Black market story hit the spot,” Letters, Aug. 23. I agree with the letter from R. Lewis regarding the flourishing black market selling of food products in Richmond.
Richmond News
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Food-sharing website Weee! and Wechat, a popular Chinese messaging app, have become the major platforms for a black market that has individuals and groups buying and selling all types of food, such as meat, dry goods, desserts, dumplings, fired dishes, soups, hot pots and seafood. Customers buy out of the trunks of cars, such as an undercover Richmond News reporter did last week (above).Sometimes, the items are delivered to homes. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

Dear Editor,

Re: “Black market story hit the spot,” Letters, Aug. 23.

I agree with the letter from R. Lewis regarding the flourishing black market selling of food products in Richmond.

I did contact Vancouver Coastal Health and was told by a manager this type of selling was “buyer beware” and was nothing they would pursue.

Management seems out of touch and have forgotten their mandate of protecting the public.

Xiao Yin, Richmond