HONOLULU — On Friday, the Department of Health issued a red “closed” placard to Ocean Seafood Chinese Restaurant in Kailua-Kona after discovering more than a dozen violations. The restaurant, known for its all-you-can-eat Chinese lunch buffet in King Kamehameha Mall, was forced to immediately shut down.
However, on Monday, DOH issued a green "open" placard after the restaurant resolved the violations.
Before the follow-up inspection on Monday, DOH required the Chinese restaurant to correct the following violations:
- Discard all adulterated food products.
- Organize all refrigerators according to cooking temperatures.
- Properly clean, sanitize, store, and separate all equipment and utensils.
- Cover, seal, and protect all cold-stored foods and label all ready-to-eat foods with a “use by” date not to exceed seven days from the date of preparation.
- Store employee personal beverages away from food preparation areas.
- Retrain food employees on proper hand-washing procedures in the designated hand-washing sink.
- All ready-to-eat foods to be handled with a barrier (e.g., gloves, deli tissue, utensils).
- Store all poisonous and toxic material away from food and food prep surfaces.
- Ensure all foods are stored at least six inches off the floor.
- Increase roach traps in the kitchen.
- Deep clean and disinfect facility, including all food and non-food contact surfaces.
- Remove unnecessary equipment and supplies to prevent harborage sites.
- Replace missing light shield over food preparation area.
The DOH Food Safety Branch conducts routine health inspections of food establishments where food is prepared, manufactured, distributed or sold in order to protest the health of Hawaii residents and visitors.
