HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Maui Food Safety Branch allowed a Maui location of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue to reopen, issuing a green “pass” placard during a follow-up inspection on May 23, 2025. The establishment, operated by Maui L & L Food Inc., is located at 270 Dairy Road, Unit #170, Kahului, within ...
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch allowed Jade Palace Two to reopen, issuing a green “pass” placard during a follow-up inspection on May 22, 2025. The food establishment, located at 75-5595 Palani Road in Kailua-Kona is operated by Minh Tuan Tran. DOH required the food establishment to take the ...
Read More DOH REOPENS JADE PALACE TWO IN KAILUA-KONA
DOH SHUTS DOWN JADE PALACE TWO FOR MULTIPLE FOOD CODE VIOLATIONS AND AN ACTIVE COCKROACH INFESTATION
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch (FSB) issued a red “closed” placard and immediately shut down Jade Palace Two on May 21, 2025, due to an active cockroach infestation, adulterated food products and unsanitary conditions within the facility. The establishment, located at 75-5595 Palani Road in Kailua-Kona, is operated by Minh Tuan Tran. ...
Read More DOH SHUTS DOWN JADE PALACE TWO FOR MULTIPLE FOOD CODE VIOLATIONS AND AN ACTIVE COCKROACH INFESTATION
HONOLULU — Low levels of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been detected in water samples collected at the Consolidated Baseyards Wells 1 and 2 tank tap of the Consolidated Baseyards water system (Public Water System HI0000258, owned by Consolidated-Waiko Water Association, Inc.) which serves a portion of Central Maui. The detections of the chemical ...
Read More PFAS DETECTED IN CONSOLIDATED BASEYARDS WATER SYSTEM ON MAUI
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) reports no additional confirmed measles cases following the two reported in early April with potential public exposure and has concluded there was no further community spread. However, measles cases in the United States continue to rise, with more than 1,000 cases already reported across 30 states this ...
Read More DOH SEES EXPANDED RISK OF VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASE
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) against IES Downstream LLC for violating the state’s hazardous waste management laws at its ‘Ele‘ele, Kaua‘i, storage terminal. IES was cited for two counts of storing hazardous waste without a permit and one count of failing to make ...
Read More DOH CITES PETROLEUM COMPANY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS
KAHULUI, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Maui Food Safety Branch issued a red “closed” placard and immediately closed a Maui location of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue owned and operated by Maui L & L Food Inc. The restaurant is in the Maui Marketplace Food Court at 270 Dairy Road, Unit 170, in Kahului. ...
Read More DOH CLOSES A MAUI L&L FOR A COCKROACH INFESTATION
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) against Par Hawaii Refining (Par) for violating the state’s hazardous waste management laws. Par has been cited for the following: The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) provided information to DOH from the receiving landfill located in Utah. ...
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HONOLULU — May 15, 2025 is Hawaiʻi Water Safety Day, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Water Safety Coalition and the YMCA, is encouraging the community to help raise awareness about water safety and drowning. Hawaiʻi Water Safety Day was established last year when Hawaiʻi Governor Josh Green, M.D., ...
Read More DOH RAISES AWARENESS FOR HAWAIʻI WATER SAFETY DAY ON MAY 15
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging parents of students who will be entering seventh grade this coming school year to schedule a well-child visit as soon as possible. Children undergo significant physical, emotional and social change as they approach adolescence. As children prepare to transition from elementary to middle school, ensuring ...
Read More DOH URGES PARENTS OF SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS TO SCHEDULE WELL-CHILD VISITS
HILO, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Hawaiʻi District Health Office (HDHO) will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the emergency preparedness level of eastern Hawaiʻi County households in Hilo (North and South), Puna and Kaʻū districts from May 12-16. The project is an interagency collaboration ...
Read More HAWAIʻI DHO TO CONDUCT CASPER SURVEY TO ASSESS COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to eight in the state in 2025 (one on Maui, seven on Oʻahu). The affected individual in this current case was exposed to the virus while traveling in a ...
Read More DOH REPORTS EIGHTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD), Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD), the Children’s Mental Health Acceptance (CMHA) Planning Hui and community partners are joining together in May to celebrate Mental Health Month. “We are committed to removing barriers for those seeking help and supporting people with ...
Read More DOH ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section has issued a notice of violation and order (NOVO) against MATS4 LLC, which operates Matsuyama Food and Fuel, located on the island of Hawai‘i, for UST violations. A DOH inspector conducted an inspection on Sept. 11, 2024, and confirmed the installation and ...
Read More DOH ISSUES NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND ORDER TO MATSUYAMA FOOD AND FUEL
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents of a recall issued by Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company, LLC of its Mauna Loa Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamias, because of the possible presence of undeclared almonds and cashews, which are allergens. The recalled product was distributed to retail ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC TO RECALL OF MAUNA LOA DARK CHOCOLATE COVERED MACADAMIAS DUE TO UNDECLARED ALMONDS AND CASHEWS
HILO, HI. — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is urging residents and visitors to take precautions as elevated volcanic gas emissions from the recently paused Kīlauea eruption continue to produce vog and poor air quality across the islands. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Kīlauea summit ended its 18th episodic eruption on April ...
Read More DOH WARNS OF POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS FROM KĪLAUEA VOG AS ERUPTION PAUSES
HONOLULU — A sharp rise in dengue around the world and in Hawaiʻi has prompted the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) to update dengue testing criteria to strengthen DOH’s ability to detect local transmission and deploy response measures rapidly. So far this year, there have been seven confirmed dengue cases in Hawaiʻi, all travel-related, putting ...
Read More DOH UPDATES TESTING CRITERIA FOR DENGUE AS CASES RISE
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a second case of measles in the household of a child previously confirmed on April 7. The adult member of the family had exhibited symptoms and was presumed infected. Both individuals had recently returned from international travel. As expected, on April 16, the test result ...
Read More DOH CONFIRMS SECOND CASE OF MEASLES IN HAWAIʻI
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) has issued Notices of Award for the Essential Rural Medical Air Transport (ERMAT) Pilot Program to Pūlama Ka Heke, a Moloka‘i-based nonprofit healthcare hui, and to a partnership between Pūlama Ka Heke and Lāna‘i Kinā‘ole, a home healthcare agency, for the island of Lāna‘i. The ERMAT ...
Read More DOH PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE MEDICAL AIR ACCESS TO MOLOKAʻI AND LĀNAʻI
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to seven in the state in 2025 (one on Maui, six on Oʻahu). The affected individual in this current case was exposed to the virus while traveling in a ...
Read More DOH REPORTS SEVENTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025