00:00Food and rats are words most people do not want to hear in the same breath.
00:04A customer sent KPRC2 News cell phone video recorded inside a local Walmart in Humble.
00:10What video appears to show is shoppers talking and questioning what's being sold in the produce aisle.
00:16KPRC2 News reporter Devin Clark is live near that Walmart with more on this story.
00:20Devin.
00:23Keith, you know when you go shopping for produce, you're not really looking for any surprises.
00:27It's especially not the kind that crawls around, but take a look for yourself.
00:32We want to warn the viewers out there what you're about to see may be disturbing.
00:35Oh my God. Really? Wow.
00:42This video shows what appear to be at least two rats on top of cucumbers along the fresh produce wall
00:48at the Walmart on North Sam Houston Parkway East.
00:51Look closely and you can see them moving beneath the shelf where the vegetables are stocked.
00:55Right under a sign that reads, managers special.
00:59I ate a cucumber last week.
01:02Was it from Walmart?
01:03Yeah.
01:04From this Walmart?
01:05Yes.
01:05The customer who recorded the video wasn't available to speak today, but tells KPRC2 News they were disgusted and immediately
01:13went to speak with store management.
01:15Brooklyn Bates, whose family owns a food truck in the area, is glad they did.
01:19I go shopping there.
01:20She says seeing the video made her think twice about going back.
01:24That really just is shocking.
01:26Being clean is the number one priority.
01:28Her mother, who asked not to be identified, says it's the Walmart their family uses because it's close to home.
01:34We bought apples and other vegetables and fruits.
01:37Now, this small business owner has some strong advice for the popular megastore chain.
01:43You need better pest control because this shouldn't ever occur.
01:48Cell phone video from the store today shows some produce shelves cleared out while other sections remained stocked.
01:55In a statement, a Walmart spokesperson tells KPRC2 News, customer health and safety is a top priority, saying potentially impacted
02:02products were removed from the store and additional preventative measures were put in place with vendors.
02:10Harris County Public Health says it did inspect this store after receiving that video and four complaints.
02:16It says it found a dead rat on a glue pad behind a cooler, but all of the affected products
02:23have been removed and sanitized.
02:24We want to mention that this store did get an overall score of 96, but it also got a citation.
02:29We understand there's another inspection scheduled before Christmas.
02:33We are live in Humboldt, Devin Clark, KPRC2 News.
