On international sushi day a Japanese restaurant owner fined has been fined $30,000 for rodent faeces in flour, rice and breadcrumbs. Three inspections of Pabu Grill and Sake found repeated examples of unhygienic conditions. They also included a disabled toilet being used to store drinks and utensils. Inspectors saw that rodents had eaten into bags of sesame seeds, and large amounts of their faeces were on the kitchen floor and on a bag of pickled ginger. After a first inspection of the premises on January 29 last year, they found numerous contravention of food standards, the owner was given time to rectify the conditions under a food safety program. The magistrate found on a follow-up inspection the next month that nine outstanding contraventions and that three remained at a further check three weeks later. After the order under the Food Act was revoked the following July, numerous examples of non-compliance were observed two days later, including rodent feces throughout the storage area and kitchen, on food storage containers and on bowls near cooking equipment.  Go Green Pest Control     Delta Pest Control    Ladner Pest Control    Tsawwassen Pest Control    Randy Bilesky

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