Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
Subscribe Today!
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
'Rat droppings and decomposed rat carcass' - Closure orders served on over 100 food businesses
FSAI issued 133 Enforcement Orders on food businesses nationally in 2024.
Reporter:
Edana Flynn
09 Jan 2025 7:50 PM
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has revealed that 133 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses for breaches of food safety legislation in 2024, an increase of 45% on the 92 that were served in 2023.
Between January 1 and December 31, 2024, 115 Closure Orders, 16 Prohibition Orders and 2 Improvement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive, sea-fisheries protection officers in the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and inspectors in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on food businesses throughout the country.
A number of recurring food safety issues identified in food businesses resulted in Enforcement Orders being issued which included a lack of pest control procedures, inadequate regular and thorough cleaning and failure to maintain correct temperatures of foodstuff.
Other food safety issues included unsuitable food storage facilities and inadequate staff training in relation to food safety and hygiene.
The FSAI also reported that nine Closure Orders were served on food businesses during the month of December 2024 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.
The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive.
Six Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Lam's Asian Cuisine & Eskimo Pizza (Restaurant/Café), Green Street, Callan, Kilkenny
Numidia Café, 31 Richmond Street South, Dublin 2
Three Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
Panda Chinese Take Away, Main Street, Clogheen, Tipperary
Asian Express (Take Away), Unit 2, Kish House, Greendale Road, Raheny, Dublin 5
Taro Noodle & Sushi Bar (Restaurant/Café), Unit 2, Kish House, Greendale Road, Raheny, Dublin 5
Some of the reasons for the Closure Orders in December include: inadequate pest control measures in place, the presence of fresh rat droppings and decomposed rat carcass and live cockroaches on walls, floors and in a sticky trap.
Other issues included dirty premises, with accumulation of food debris, grease, dirt, and rat faeces, live and dead cockroaches throughout the food storage and preparation areas and ready-to-eat foods incorrectly stored. There was also a complete lack of cleaning, disorganisation in the storage of food and non-food-related equipment hindering adequate cleaning and disinfection and no evidence of a food safety management system in place.
Details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website atwww.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.
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
4
To continue reading this article, please subscribe and support local journalism!
Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.
Subscribe
To continue reading this article for FREE, please kindly register and/or log in.
Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!
Warrior: Dáithí Lawless, 15, from Martinstown, in his uniform and holding a hurley, as he begins third year of secondary school in Coláiste Iósaef, Kilmallock I PICTURE: Adrian Butler
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy a paper
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
