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The state Department of Health Food Safety Branch allowed JB,S Kitchen and Lounge in Wailuku to reopen Friday under a yellow "conditional pass" after finding that remaining cockroach activity no longer posed an imminent health hazard.
The restaurant at 752B Lower Main St. received a red placard on March 15 and was immediately closed for an infestation of roaches. An initial follow-up on March 17 found substantial roach activity was still present and no professional pest control treatments had been conducted as required.
By the time of a second follow-up on Friday, the restaurant had received multiple professional pest treatments, significantly reducing cockroach activity. All harborage areas and holes in the kitchen were sealed and all remaining grease and food debris had been cleaned up. Chemicals also had been properly stored away from food items.
The few cockroaches that were observed were dying, DOH said.
Follow-up inspections will be conducted to assess the restaurant's progress in eradicating the remaining roach activity.