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BEH closes one establishment in May
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Posted on Jun 24 2011
The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Environmental Health closed down only one retail food establishment while giving excellent ratings to majority of stores.
The bureau’s May inspection results, issued yesterday by DPH Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez, showed that Plates & Boxes Restaurant in San Roque was ordered closed on March 22 for violating health and sanitation rules. It re-opened on May 19 after addressing all deficiencies cited by the bureau.
A total of 35 other retail food and drink establishments got the highest “A” rating during the same period. These included Taga Market, Zubing Store & Laundromat, Thai Food Store, Spicy Thai Noodle Place, Moby Dick Restaurant, Happiness Restaurant, Misoya Noodle House, The Water Company, Tun Goru Snack Bar, EZ Mart, ½ Discount Store, Kinpachi Convenient Store, Kinpachi Restaurant & BBQ, Publix Market, Barney’s Pizza, Post Chocolate, Classic Design Mart II, 888 Vegetable & Fruit Mart, Tripe S BBQ, Triple T Catering, Hula Girl, Hotel Riviera Restaurant, Leun Fung, National Office Supply, Chinen Ice Candy Store, Seaside Mart, Mobil Kagman Retail, SPE Retail & Wholesale, Monte Vista Restaurant, Sweety Restaurant, World Vita, LA Rax Free Gift Shop, Hyatt Regency Saipan (outlets), Island Infusion, and KL Market.
Two establishments got “B” ratings: the snack bar inside the 99 Cents and Saigon Vietnam Restaurant on Hotel Street in Garapan.
No establishment got a “C” rating.
The bureau conducts sanitary inspections on retails, eating and drinking establishments every month to monitor compliance with health and sanitation standards. These establishments are given ratings ranging from A to C, while serious violators are issued closure orders.
Every closure order indicates specific timeframes to correct deficiencies and violations. Their re-opening depends on the gravity and nature of the violations committed.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, the bureau recorded 12 serious violators but all re-opened after resolving all deficiencies in a timely manner.
