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Lahaina Fish Co.
Location
by -G. Poccia
December 30, 2004
The following tale is taken straight from official complaints and inspection reports on file with the State of Hawaii Department of Health Food Safety office.
Establishment
531 Front St, Lahaina
Date
Nov. 22, 2004
Time
1:58 p.m.
The quality of the “employee meal” should be an example of basic standards for any restaurant. Two out of 15 Lahaina Fish Company employees apparently became sick after being fed mahi mahi meals. That led to an inspection after they filed a report with the Disease Investigation Unit of the Department of Health. It’s unclear which company delivered the questionable fish as the carrying box was thrown away the day prior to the investigation. The sanitarians reported no temperature or preparation violations with the food being served to customers. But the health department did inform management about the possible food-poisoning case. The managers claimed that no fish is prepared after two days but conceded that the subject fish might have been there for three days. The managers also insisted that there are “no leftovers served to employees or used at all.” A sample piece of fish was given for testing, though it was not part of the fish involved in the case.