The Centre Livingston has been evacuated after workers received a suspicious package.
Shoppers were ushered from the mall at around 3.30pm after reports one of the stores had received an item that raised suspicions.
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One shopper said she had been in Primark when the emergency alarm went off and she and other shoppers were instructed to leave.
She said: "We've been out about 45 minutes and one of the staff said they had heard it was a suspicious package."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "There was a partial evacuation of the mall due to a report of a suspicious package being received by one of the businesses."