Category: Roaches

Roaches were bugging the residents of one apartment building in Austin, Minnesota. And having enough of the crawlies, they reported the problem to the authorities.   In response, Environmental Services Director Angie Knish and Community Health Director Lisa Kocer went to the place at 24248 534th Avenue. However, resolving the issue with the landlord failed.…

Dining out is nice. You don’t have to worry about cooking or doing the dishes. However, be careful where you’ll have your meal as many restaurants have problems with bugs. Take, for example, the one Japanese restaurant in 5250 Fourth St. N. in St. Petersburg in Florida, where live roaches were caught on camera. The…

The mere presence of cockroaches in the kitchen and dining areas is already health compromising. What more if those crawlies get mixed into foods? That exact scenario played out in the cafeteria of Cedartown High School recently. And needless to say, the students were mortified of the sight. The roaches were found in the Jell-O,…

Live cockroaches were sighted in one food establishment in Bryan, Texas. As a result, it was ordered to shut down earlier this week. The crawlies were found in the kitchen area of the restaurant. And that, along with other violations, prompted the Brazos County Health Department to give the business 65 points following the inspection…

Along Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, one restaurant was forced to put up the “closed” sign. And that’s because of cockroaches and a number of other violations. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene gave the said establishment 64 demerits after an inspection on Monday. Following that, it was temporarily shut down. Particularly,…

The presence of cockroaches poses numerous risks to people’s health. That is why food establishments are required to be free of them. However, two restaurants in Florida were found with roaches. Because of that and the many other violations that were cited, they were closed down. The closure took place last week. And particularly, it…

Cockroaches are a big NO in the kitchen. But because they there were found in the food service area of a restaurant in Capo Beach, health inspectors decided to shut down the establishment. The restaurant is at 34235 Doheny Park Road. It was last March 12 when the Orange County Health Care Agency inspected its…

Trash attracts cockroaches. And with a pile of it in a neighborhood in Detroit, residents fear the onslaught of the creepy crawlies. According to one of the neighborhood residents, Bernice Richardson, the roaches have taken over their area, along with the big rats. And the cause of it, she said, were the piles of garbage…

Cockroaches are a big NO in the kitchen. Restaurants know that. Nevertheless, many of them still allowed those critters to go free in their service areas. And so, as a result, hundreds of them were closed. Late last year, a restaurant in St. Pete Beach in Florida – The Salty Rim – joined the list…