The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that seven Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses during the month of February.

Four Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020.

This includes Bombay Kebab House (Take Away), 3 Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Suir. Among the findings in the report on the premises were:

Cleaning and Sanitation

The premises was in an unclean condition overall. For example: Floor-to-wall junctions, shelving, surfaces (including food and hand contact surfaces) and the interior and door seals of fridges.  Equipment which comes into contact with food was in an unclean condition.

Training

The poor hygiene practices observed at the time of the inspection included: poor cleaning; instances of poor temperature control; inadequate personal hygiene; absence of temperature monitoring and recording and absence of allergen information indicate that training of food handlers and management supervision is not effective.

Hazard analysis and critical control points

At the time of the inspection there was no evidence of any documented food safety management system based on the HACCP principles. No temperature monitoring records for critical control points (storage, cooking, cooling, reheating or hot holding) were available.

Food Information for Consumers

The presence of food allergens used as ingredients was not declared for any menu item.

Food Safety Culture

The report states that the business has a long history of non-compliance with food safety regulatory requirements. An unsatisfactory level of compliance with food safety legislation was identified during inspections.  The report said this demonstrates a clear lack of management commitment to ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements. The observed hygiene standards at the time of the inspection demonstrate a lack of awareness of food safety hazards.

Also served with a Closure Order under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 were:

Day to Day, Hayestown (Retailer), Boyne Road, Hayestown, Navan, Meath
Tank & Skinny’s @ Number 6 (Restaurant/ Café), Courtyard Shopping Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal
Lams (Take Away), 286 Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10

Two Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

Universal Food Wholesale Distribution Limited (Wholesaler/ Distributor), Unit B3 National Enterprise Park, Togher, Portlaoise, Laois
Far East (Restaurant/ Café), 339 Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10

One Prohibition Order was served under the FSAI Act 1998 on:
Burren Smokehouse (Fish & Fishery Products Plants – ready to eat fish plants), Kincora Road, Lisdoonvarna, Clare

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