Ten Closure Orders Served On Irish Food Businesses Last Month

Ten Irish food businesses were ordered to close last month.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland served ten closure orders and one prohibition order on businesses around the country.

Spotted on JOE.ie, the FSAI decreed that these businesses breached food safety legislation under the FSAI Act (1998) and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations (2010).

Closure orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations (2010):

1. Craigs Fresh (wholesale), Drumnabratty, Raphoe, Donegal
2. Beachview Tandoori (take away), Strand Road, Laytown, Meath
3. Carpenters Butchers (closed activity: the cooking and handling of cooked chickens in the premises), Farrell Street, Kells, Meath
4. Posh Nosh (restaurant), Unit 4, Castlemill SC, Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Dublin
5. La Boulangerie des Gourmets (bakery), Unit 42, North Park, North Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
6. Tamarind Thai Restaurant, Unit 3, 4 & 5 Carraig House, Matt Talbot Road, Tralee, Kerry
7. Indie at Home (take away), Unit 3, North Street Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin

Further closure orders were issued under the FSAI Act (1998)

1. Milebush Bar and Restaurant (closed activity: preparation and service of food only), Fairgreen, Mountmellick Road, Portlaoise, Laois
2. Fryer’s (take away), Patrick Street, Boyle, Roscommon
3. The Millrace Hotel (closed activity: all food preparation and service activities in and from the kitchen and ancillary stores and in the main bar and the store room at the rear of the main bar), Carrigduff, Bunclody, Wexford

One prohibition order was also issued by the FSAI to Ahmed Foods (wholesale), 114-115 Millennium Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 and the HSE successfully prosecuted Kearney’s Castle Hotel, 18 Main Street, Cashel, Tipperary.