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Pest problem cleaned
up says restaurateur

By Layne Christensen

News Reporter
layne@usnews.com

FIESTA Mexicana has
no mouse problem.

That's the word from the
restaurant owner, Baldo
Urtusastegui J

Urtusastegui was respond-
ing to an Aug. 3 News report
that a 26-year-old North
Vancouver woman had discov-

‘ered a baby mouse caught in

her clothing while dining in
the Lonsdale restaurant June
14. Urtusastegui said he did
not see the mouse because the
woman left -the restaurant
before he could speak with her.

“I don’t have a mouse in
this restaurant,” said
Urtusastegui, who has owned
and operated Fiesta Mexicana
for 10 years.

The woman, who was not
identified in the article, con-
tacted North Shore Health to

quent ection by a health
inspector turned up mouse
feces in a rear stock room.
Urtusastegui said the area is
used for dry storage.
Urtusastegui said that in 10

“T am a clean
place. I put my
hands on the fire
for my food

here.”
— Fiesta Mexicana owner

years of operation, the restau-
rant’s only pest problem was in
early "96. At that time, a health
inspection report noted a
“high hazard”. problem for
rodents.

Since then, Urtusastegui
said he has employed a pest
control company to conduct
regular monthly inspections of
his restaurant. To. back -his
claims that his: premises ari

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pest-free, he provided.’ the
News with a recent inspection
report. The inspection: .was
conducted by PCO Services, a
Burnaby-based pest control
company.

The Aug. 14 report states:
“No. mouse evidence noted in
all rodent monitor stations; No
mouse -caughe in traps. ....

¢ are no sign(s).of rodent:
infestation noted at time of this
inspection.” :

PCO’s district manager _ ;
Taka Nagai conducted. the
investigation. When. Fiesta
Mexicana hired the ‘company:
last September there’ was’; a.
problem with ‘infestation,’ said «
Nagai. But ‘since November:
there has been no evidence of
nesting. He said the. resta
rant’s sanitary condition
“better than average.”

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