Mobile food sellers lacking permits vanish after crackdown

By Sarah Zoellick / szoellick@staradvertiser.com

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 19, 2013

~~<p>After issuing 15 cease-and-desist orders to illegal mobile food vendors Saturday around Oahu, the state Department of Health cited three illegal vendors Sunday and did not find any doing business Monday.</p>
<p>"It had to have been all the media attention that knocked it down that fast, and hopefully they're smart enough to stay out," said Peter Oshiro, manager of the department's Environmental Health Program.</p>
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After issuing 15 cease-and-desist orders to illegal mobile food vendors Saturday around Oahu, the state Department of Health cited three illegal vendors Sunday and did not find any doing business Monday.

"It had to have been all the media attention that knocked it down that fast, and hopefully they're smart enough to stay out," said Peter Oshiro, manager of the department's Environmental Health Program. Login for more...