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THE FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY is to re-emphasise the importance of food safety and hygiene to restaurants after six establishments were closed last month.
An improvement order was also served on one public house and another business was subject to a prohibition order, preventing it from selling oysters.
The closure orders were served on the following businesses for breaches in food safety legislation:
An improvement order was served on:
A prohibition order was served on:
HSE West Region successfully prosecuted Mr Chris McCaul, Sligo Event Catering, Trading at Bonniconlon Show (food stall), Bonniconlon, Mayo, under the Hygiene of Foodstuffs Regulations 2006.
Prof Alan Reilly, Chief Executive of the FSAI said:
The number of enforcement orders served in February was double the number served in January, which is a disappointing statistic to be reporting. We are re-emphasising to all food businesses to make food safety and hygiene a key priority for 2012.
Food businesses should be continuously reviewing their food safety policies and practices to ensure they protect consumer health in relation to food. Enforcement Orders undermine consumer confidence and affect not only the premises involved, but the industry as a whole. It is imperative that every food business takes responsibility for their own food safety management plan, in line with the legislation.
Details of the food businesses served with these enforcement orders are published on the FSAI’s website.
A closure order is served when it is decided that there is likely to be a “grave and immediate danger to public health at or in” a premises, or when establishments don’t comply with an improvement order.
An improvement order is served if it is deemed that any activity involving the handling or preparation of food will pose a risk to public health, while a prohibition order is issued if the activities are likely to involve a serious risk to public health from a particular product or food item.
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Seems to be a disproportionate number of Chinese take ways here.
There always is.
This is brilliant name & shame them keep up the good work FSA
Any more details on these closures. What did they get shut down for precisely ?.
Check out the fsai web site all is revealed
Often ate in the place in Ballyvaughan actually…eeek! Yeah, Chinese restaurants are massive in Ireland…I definitely don’t see as many in London!!
London has more Indian take aways,and going by any of the ones around my grandmothers or the other few I’ve tried,they’re bloody good at it mmmmmmm Indian
True…but London is PACKED with chicken shops! Never seen so many in my life…I have about 8 to 10 fried chicken shops on my street!!
I never noticed….but now I want fried chicken
Try going to Chinatown!
Takeaway delivery food is appalling in Ireland in most cases..plus bloody expensive
Monks used to be good. Scary stuff.
Same number of restaurants closed down due to the Rates!
U can’t beat a McDonald’s!!
For hygiene perhaps, not for the stuff they sell.
I have always wondered why the Chinese fast food joints don’t have an open kitchen so you can see them cooking. Trying to hide something are they?!
I’m surprised to hear Romany stone has been closed. It seemed like a quality upmarket place. Evidently not though!
Oriental Express was manky anyway
Why are Chinese restaurants closing Down
What I notice happening in Athlone and it prob the same elsewhere is Chinese restaurants closing and reopening soon after under a different name and personnel. This happens year on year, every year with the same few Resturants. In one case last year it the ‘owners’ of two premises which closed actually reopened the others restaurants under names. I imagine thus is happening to evade the payments of rates to council. These chefs cannot be too interested in health and safety only making a quick buck
Didn’t even bother to photograph the shop. “just google map it”. Lazy journalism ;)
Yuck!! Lately we have been ordering from Oriental Express!! Ughhhh!!!
Toerag
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