Infestation of cockroaches

Benoît Philie

Friday, 5 January 2018 17:35

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The restaurant Chez Bong Montreal was so dirty and infested with vermin, last year, that the inspectors have ordered its closure for five days.

The shelves, the plates, the gas stove, the pans, the walls, the floors, the utensils, the microwave and even the fire extinguisher were either crusting, oily, or strewn with rodent droppings and insects.

“Due to the infestation of cockroaches and filthy widespread […] in the kitchen, I’ve had reasonable grounds to believe that there was an imminent danger to the health of consumers,” said the officer of the food inspection in his report, after a visit in 2016.

The restaurant, Korean cuisine located at 1021 boulevard St-Laurent, Montreal, has been sentenced to a fine of $ 1800 for unsanitary conditions on the 1st of September.

Infestation

Of cockroaches living of various sizes “were on the shelves for storing plates for the table service” and ” in a container of kitchen utensils “, said in the report.

Of rodent droppings and insects were observed in the kitchen and the storage room and bags of food were placed on the floor in a corridor.

The owner, Bong Nim Lee, has also had to do a big cleaning of the premises after the passage of the inspectors, who have noted severe problems of hygiene.

In the refrigerator, raw meat juices dripped on vegetables, spices and various food containers stored on the shelf below.

“The gas pipes were covered with grease brownish and there were fat droplets in suspension, which might fall on the wok “, a-t-are also shown.

First penalty in 14 years

The son of the owner, Tony Lee, ensures that the necessary measures have been taken to correct the situation during the last year. He also added that the family restaurant has not received a single fine in the 14 years of activity.

“We really paid attention. The exterminateurs come every month, but it’s in a building where there are 6 shops, and our neighbors are not as clean as us, ” he says, to justify the sporadic appearance of the mouse.

For cockroaches, the conservator ensures that the problem is fixed for good, same thing for the cleanliness of the equipment.

Excerpts from the report

“There were bamboo baskets, soiled with dirt, sticky and ready for the service at the tables. “

– The inspectors

• Dead mice in a trap door sticky
• Cockroaches live in a container of utensils

► It is necessary to wait several months after an offence for a judge to hear the case and make its award. The details of these judgments have been obtained as the result of a request for access to information.

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