Information Releases from Division of Well being

PĀ‘IA, HI– The Hawai‘i Division of Well being (DOH) Meals Security Department issued a inexperienced placard to Café Mambo as we speak and was allowed to reopen to the general public. The restaurant, owned and operated by Betham Pacific LLC, is situated at 30 Baldwin Avenue in Pā‘ia.  

The meals institution obtained the purple placard on March 14, 2023 and was instantly closed for an infestation of roaches.

The well being division carried out a follow-up inspection on March 17, 2023 and located the required corrective actions had been accomplished:

• The restaurant had obtained skilled pesticide therapies for the reason that closure, may have one other inside one week, and can proceed month-to-month into the longer term.
• The restaurant obtained an total cleansing to scale back grease construct up and remove meals particles.
• Each entrances to the kitchen have had screens put in to exclude entry of pests.
• All refrigeration models cited beforehand had been noticed to be holding at 41°F.

The DOH’s Meals Security Department protects and promotes the well being of Hawai‘i residents and guests by way of schooling of meals business staff and regulation of meals institutions statewide. The department conducts routine well being inspections of meals institutions the place meals merchandise are ready, manufactured, distributed, or offered.

The department additionally investigates the sources of meals borne sicknesses and potential adulteration; and is charged with mitigating the results of those incidents to stop any future occurrences. The Division of Well being meals security specialists try to work with enterprise homeowners, foodservice staff, and the meals business to make sure protected meals preparation practices and sanitary situations.    

To view restaurant inspection experiences, go to http://hi.healthinspections.us/hawaii/.

For extra info on the division’s placarding program go to http://health.hawaii.gov/san/.

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