The Food Safety Authority of Ireland closed down 10 premises last month alone for breaches of food safety regulations.
Town Bar and Grill on Kildare Street was among the premises closed down as well as the deli counter at a Daybreak store in Ferns in Co Wexford.
In total fourteen enforcement orders served on food businesses in February.
Commenting on the high level of Closure Orders which are served on businesses here The Chief Executive, of the Food Safety Authority said standards must not be allowed to slip to such levels that consumer health is put at risk.
He said each Closure Order undermines consumer confidence in food safety.
Four Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
- Kebabish Original (restaurant), 40 Richmond Street South, Dublin 2
- Bu Ali Tandoori (restaurant), 28 Clanbrassil Street Lower, Dublin 8
- Town Bar and Grill (restaurant), 21 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
- The Village Inn (public house) (Closed area: kitchen on first floor and ice machine on ground floor only), Church Street, Finglas, Dublin 11
Six Closure Orders was served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:
- Limerick Foodstore (grocery) (1st Floor only), 17 Davis Street, Limerick
- Santori Indian Restaurant, Chapel Lane, Mill Race, Tuam, Galway
- Bei Jing House (restaurant), College Road, Mountbellew, Galway
- Mirchi (restaurant), 9 Townyard Lane, Malahide, Co. Dublin
- Rico’s (restaurant), 26A Richmond Street South, Dublin 2
- Daybreak (grocery) (all activities carried out in the delicatessen), The Square, Ferns, Wexford
Three Prohibition Orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:
- Real Brazil (grocery), Unit 6, The Grove, Crowe Street, Gort, Galway
- Star Asia (grocery), 22 -23 Moore Street, Dublin 1
- Fitzgerald’s Butchers, Main Street, Ballylanders, Limerick
