Few things taint a restaurant’s reputation more than having a patron watch a roach or some other bug crawl across a dish.
This, according to Richard Farrell of Malachy Mechanical, is one of the nightmares restaurant owners face.
For 25 years, Farrell has been supplying restaurants with equipment. And for all those years, he has heard restaurant owners complaining about how difficult it is to control insects and other rodents, and how much they dread the idea that these pests could ruin their reputation.
His firm, Malachy Mechanical, has been a provider of service, parts, and equipment for restaurants throughout the area since 1984.
“Malachy Mechanical has been a valuable business in Bayonne for years.” – Mayor Mark Smith
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Of course, he and his son, Richard Jr., also have concerns about the environment. Some traditional exterminators blast work places and food preparation areas with so many chemicals, they often create different kinds of hazards to employees and diners.
Many of today’s restaurant patrons and employees are also concerned with many of the toxic impacts of traditional treatments.
But pests are dangerous, and difficult to get rid of.
Statistics show that food establishments are the breeding grounds for 40 percent of the nation’s food-borne illnesses, and pests that invade such places often carry the pathogens most associated with these diseases.
Ants, flies, rodents, termites, spiders and other pests of this sort are often the case of illnesses such as E. Coli and salmonella.
If one customer gets sick in a restaurant, word will spread and people will stop coming, regardless of how good the food tastes.
Pest sightings in restaurants can also lead to citations from health officials or can even shut down the establishment.
Farrell said this concerned his business. So he decided to provide a service that not only took into account the diseases bugs and other pests bring into restaurants, but also the health concerns involved with many traditional treatments.
He said his new company – Green Earth Innovations – uses every possible method to rid restaurants of pests, and the chemicals used in food preparation areas are kept to a minimum.
Mayor Mark Smith was on hand to cut the ribbon on the new operations, which will be run out of the Avenue A facility.
He said he has known Farrell for years and saw this as a needed business in the city.
“Malachy Mechanical has been a valuable business in Bayonne for years,” Smith said.
Green Earth Innovations Pest Control held is official ribbon cutting at Malachy Mechanical at 586 Ave. A in late July.
Al Sullivan may be reached at asullivan@hudsonreporter.com.