FSAI serve 16 enforcement orders in July

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reported  nine closure orders and seven prohibition orders on food businesses for July.

 The orders were issued by environmental health officers in the HSE for  for breaches of food safety legislation.





Four closure orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on: 

• The Blueberry Restaurant, Moyvalley, Kildare.
• The Larder (restaurant), 8 Parliament Street, Dublin.
• Red Parrot (public house), 57-58 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.
• New Millennium Chinese Restaurant, 51 South King Street, Dublin.


A further five closure orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:

• Creedon's Hotel (Closed area: Main kitchen and rear-yard store room), Inchigeela, Macroom, Cork.
• Kebab Bites (take-away), Unit 4, Redmond Square, Wexford.
• Sur La Mer (restaurant), Rosslare Strand, Wexford.
• Great Stuff Caterers (Storage shed & garage only) (Under appeal) (distributor/transporter), N25, Cork Road, Midleton, Cork.
• Pizza Palace (restaurant), Temple House, Templeshannon, Enniscorthy, Wexford.

Prohibition orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

• North West Shellfish Ltd. (aquaculture production site), Upper Carrick, Carrigare, Letterkenny, Donegal.
• New Millennium Chinese Restaurant, 51 South King Street, Dublin.
• Red Parrot (public house), 57-58 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.
• Pizza Max (take- away), 25 Annamoe Terrace, Dublin.

Another three prohibition orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:

• Meadow Grove Stores (cash & carry), 95 Meadow Park Estate, Ringmahon Road, Blackrock, Cork.
• Mr Bryan Allen, Food Stall operating at Semple Stadium, Thurles, Tipperary.
• Tom McCall (cash & carry), Crosslow, Tullow, Carlow.


A successful prosecution was brought against Mr John Johnson, Bimdoc Cash & Carry, Business Centre, Jamestown Business Park, Jamestown Road, Finglas.

Prof. Alan Reilly, Chief Executive of the FSAI warned that food businesses need to be vigilant in relation to food safety.

“ This is another high monthly total of Enforcement Orders, with seven prohibition orders served last month, 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,” he said.

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