A Closure Order has been served on a well-known local restaurant/café in the South-East.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) served seven Closure Orders on food businesses during the month of May for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020.
A Closure Order was served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on Jilly & Joe’s Restaurant/Café, Dove Hill Centre, Ballynoran, Carrick-on-Suir.
This Closure Order directs that: Part of the activities of the business, its establishments, holdings or other premises be ceased, specifically: Cooling of cooked foods including meat, poultry, gravies/sauces and vegetables such as rice and potato.
The report states foods were not being cooled as quickly as possible or in conformance with the SOP for cooling and critical limit for cooling in the HACCP plan. There were insufficient resources to enable staff to effectively implement the HACCP based procedures relating to cooling.
It was noted that only one of the two blast chillers was operational and kitchen staff had a narrow window of time between the end of service at 16:30, and site closing time at 18:00, to cool significant quantities of hot food.
Closure Orders were also served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
Hole in the Wall Pub (Closed activities: The storage of food and food contact materials in all first floor storerooms, the preparation and service of food from the ground floor kitchen), Blackhorse Avenue, Cabra, Dublin 7.
A table serving food (Retailer), Trading at Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Mullingar, Westmeath.
Shapla Indian Spice (Restaurant/Café), Hanover Court, Kennedy Avenue, Carlow.
Captain’s Catch (Takeaway), Parnell Street, Limerick.
Two Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Mace (Closed area: Prefab food storage unit (external to the premises)) (Retailer), Slane Road, Harmonstown, Navan, Meath.
Sheela Palace (Restaurant/Café), Liffey Valley Complex, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
Commenting today, Mr Greg Dempsey, Chief Executive, FSAI, said:
“The types of issues identified in a number of these Enforcement Orders are concerning and point to clear failures in basic food safety controls. We continue to see lapses in hygiene, cleaning and safe food handling practices, alongside evidence of pest activity in some food premises. These are fundamental requirements that every food business is legally obliged to meet. Food safety management systems are not optional; they must be properly implemented, maintained and monitored in practice. Where these basic standards are not met, there is a risk to public health and appropriate enforcement action will continue to be taken where necessary.”
Details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website at www.fsai.ie. Closure Orders and Improvement Orders will remain listed in the enforcement reports on the website for a period of three months from the date of when a premises is adjudged to have corrected its food safety issue, with Prohibition Orders being listed for a period of one month.
