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WARNING – HAZARDOUS CONTENT: A hamburger chain based in Hawaii has closed a Honolulu restaurant for cleaning after a video posted on social media appeared to show that a rat was cooking on the grill.
Teddy's Bigger Burgers closed the Mapunapuna site and fired two employees who appeared in Snapchat's video.
"We are horrified by the fact that a former teenage employee is behaving this way and making such a video on which we are investigating its authenticity," said Richard Stula, president of Teddy's Bigger Burgers.
The company has begun a "complete disinfection" and replaces the equipment and utensils of the fast food restaurant after sharing the video with them several days ago, Stula said in a statement.
"We will then send a business team to inspect and conduct a thorough audit of the site before allowing it to reopen," Stula said.
The president of Teddy's Bigger Burgers said he was investigating the authenticity of the video. Source: My Kailua / Facebook
The state health ministry is due to inspect the restaurant on Mapunapuna Street on Friday.
Peter Oshiro, head of the state's environmental protection program, also contacted an authorized pest control operator to examine the restaurant for rodents.
"The DOH appreciates the corrective and proactive efforts made by the restaurant owner to protect public health," Oshiro said in a statement.
The restaurant received a green sign during its last inspection in June.
The company is currently consulting with its lawyers on possible lawsuits against former employees, Stula said.
"We are horrified by the fact that a former employee creates something like this by trying to destroy our reputation regardless of our more than 20 years of quality and aloha," he said. .
The images published online seemed to show that a rat was cooking on the grill. Source: My Kailua / Facebook
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