After recently shutting down three Oahu restaurants for food safety violations, the Hawaii State Department of Health is likely to require all food handlers at restaurants and other food establishments in the Aloha State to take a half-day food safety education class. This comes after the Makittii Hawaii restaurant in Honolulu was closed by state health inspectors on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, for apparent temperature violations, inadequate cleaning practices, and the presence of insects and rodents. In addition, the buffet restaurant was fined $35,000.
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