Closure orders received by eight Irish food outlets last month

Do you recognise any of these outlets?!

A number of Irish food businesses were served with closure orders after breaching food safety regulations. The Food Safety Authority (FSAI) today published a list of the various businesses affected with HSE environmental officers finding that said businesses breached the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010. Spotted on JOE.ie, the food outlets in question are located in Offaly, Cork, Clare, Dublin, and Wexford. Five closure orders served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010:

• New Yaadgar (restaurant/canteen), Esker Court, William Street, Tullamore, Offaly
• The New Leaf Restaurant, Unit 1 - 2 Tallaght Retail Centre, High Street, Tallaght, Dublin 24
• New Dynasty Chinese Take Away, Clarecastle, Clare
• Piece of Cake (food stall) (Closed activity: storage of foodstuffs likely to support the growth of pathogens), Meeting House Square, Temple Bar Market, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
• Bingo Polish Market (grocery) (Closed Area: raw meat counter and ready to eat deli sections of the premises), 4 Main Street Upper, Arklow, Wicklow

Three closure orders issued under the Food Safety Authority Act, 1998: 

• Son of a Bun (restaurant), 29 McCurtain Street, Cork
• Lebanese Kitchen (manufacturer/packer), Unit 97 Millennium Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
• The Holy Grail Restaurant, 13 Market Square, Enniscorthy, Wexford

One prohibition order served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010: Gammells (restaurant), 33 Ranelagh, Dublin 6 One prohibition order issued under the Food Safety Authority Act, 1998:  Lebanese Kitchen (manufacturer/packer), Unit 97, Millennium Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 One improvement order issued under the Food Safety Authority Act, 1998:  Express Pizza (take away), 6 Lord Edward Street, Limerick Finally, a successful prosecution by the FSAI was made against Keelaghan Wholesale Meats Ltd (cutting plant), 101-102 Ashbourne Industrial Estate, Ashbourne, Meath. Speaking about the eleven enforcement orders that were authorised during the month of June, Chief Executive of the FSAI, Dr Pamela Byrne said:

“By law, food businesses should at all times produce or serve food that is safe to eat. This is only achieved through continuous review of food safety practices and standards to ensure adherence to current legislation. "Negligent practices cannot and will not be tolerated. The onus is on every food business to have a food safety management system in place, which assists in identifying and controlling hazards that could pose a danger in the preparation of safe food".