With the exception of the Indian Rojak stall and its neighbouring Mee Siam outlet - which also appears under investigation - the majority of the 83 food stalls' shutters were open again. The owner Mr Shaik Allaudin,was charged in court, later.
There were about 120 patrons tucking into food like chicken rice, traditional malay cakes and prata at 7.30am. Half the tables at the food centre were occupied.
While some stall owners and customers had differing takes on whether business was brisk or slow after the outbreak, everyone agreed that the centre was cleaner than before.
The concrete floor was almost speckless, and cleaners swooped in to wipe the table-tops seconds after customers got up from their seats.
Mr Khoo Seow Poh, the National Environment Agency's director-general of public health, who was also there on Friday, told reporters: 'After two days, the standard has improved. I'd encourage them to sustain this level of cleanliness.'
The two-day spring clean - which involved cleaners washing the entire area, stallholders scouring their stalls and pest controllers netting 122 rats - came after 154 people were given medical treatment after eating at the market's popular rojak stall.
Two women died this week and another suffered a miscarriage. Five people remain warded.
It is now known that the stall shared the same refrigerator with the Mee Siam stall next door. The rojak sellers also used their neighbour's premises to store and wash their equipment.
Both stalls remained shut on Friday as patrons streamed back to their favourite stalls for meals.
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