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THE FOOD SAFETY Authority (FSAI) was busy last month, serving 16 enforcement orders on food businesses in July, double the amount served in June.
The FSAI said they closed down nine restaurants and served seven prohibition orders (which force food businesses to withdraw unsafe or illegal food from the market) last month for breaches of food safety legislation.
Four closure orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Five closure orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:
Four prohibition orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Three prohibition orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:
A successful prosecution was brought against John Johnson, Bimdoc Cash & Carry, Business Centre, Jamestown Business Park, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.
Prof. Alan Reilly, chief executive of the FSAI said this was another high monthly for enforcement orders, “which is a new and worrying record”.
We warn food businesses to ensure that the food they serve and sell is safe to eat, and obtained from reputable suppliers. It is vital that all batches of food are fully traceable and labelled correctly, and that food businesses know it has been produced and stored safely and hygienically. The integrity of the food supply chain relies on every food business playing its part.
If any food business owner is unsure of what is required of them by law, they can contact the FSAI advice line on 1890 336677 or visit its website www.fsai.ie.
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We shouldn’t be eating Chinese anyway. They are human after all.
They’re a great bunch of lads
The increase is quite worrying and fair play to the food inspectors for being on their game.
it’s not worth thinking about if they weren’t around.
“Well done to all involved”
Glad to see the food agencies doing good work, well done!
one of. the pizza shops is the head office . in the chain. of shops hate to see what the rest are like
My local chinese should have been closed down years ago.the same chinese woman is behind the counter 24/7..she must be chained to the radiator,Joseph fritzel style.
Do these infringements relate to so many eateries not knowing how to properly store meat etc during the heatwave?
I’ll have the E.coli and chips, please.
That is one of the main issues that health inspectors have, but whether or not there is a heat wave should be neither here nor there. Every premises that stores food in fridges/freezers must check and record their fridge temperatures on an hourly basis throughout the day and these records must be kept on file and made available to the Health Inspector.
The Larder! I’m in shock! I’m sure the honourable judge will not be impressed
The Larder, I dont believe it!! I had lunch and wine in there last month, not to mention brekkie on numerous occasions.
Great to see them doing a great job they played a blinder with the horse meat scandal but I’m sure the minister convey wasn’t too happy that they did it so well.
Only 1 obvious ethic restaurant in the list of 15, the closet racist commenters on the journal ain’t going to be pleased with that…
i counted 3 : ) but theres always one lol har har had always
I think you’re mistaken, name the three?
Pity they don’t seem to spend the same effort enforcing the rules in crèches.
The local manky chinese out our way was hit with a closure order in may, it was back up and running a few weeks later looking as manky as ever.
5 thumbs down whistler say 5 love it manky and rank. i gave you the thumbs up though, chinese food is the worst ever imo
I suspect Haddington Road and Horse burgers have a lot more to do with this than a sudden decline in national food safety standards.
Wouldn’t Haddington Road mean the HSE inspectors wouldn;t bother their arses anymore are their pay and conditions have been savaged?
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