Well-known Dublin public house Hartigan’s on Leeson Street was one of 12 food businesses served with closure orders during the month of July.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reported on Thursday that 16 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses last month 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 (HSE).
12 closure orders were issued in total as well as four prohibition orders, with evidence of ongoing cockroach activity leading to the serving of six closure orders on food businesses at one location.
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In Hartigan’s, the FSAI report details the discovery of a rodent carcass “in a snap trap in the room adjacent to the keg room” and “a rodent leg found in a snap trap in the drink store”. The closure order was served on July 22 and lifted again on July 30.
Other reasons for the serving of the enforcement orders included multiple holes and gaps in the walls of a premises along with rodent droppings, food with either expired, missing or altered use-by dates and filthy cleaning equipment and cleaning cloths.
Details of the enforcement orders can be found below, with detailed reports available on the FSAI website.
Three Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Boba Bar (restaurant/café), 139 Parnell Street, Dublin 1. Order served on July 23
Hartigans (public house), 100 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2. Order served on July 22, order lifted on July 30.
Duud (retailer), Unit 2 Pinewood House, Huntstown Road, Huntstown, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Order served on July 12, order lifted on July 15.
Nine Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
The Garden @ The Shannon Bar, Termonbarry, Roscommon. Order served on July 31, order lifted on August 9.
Fayrouz Restaurant, 117 Cork Street, Dublin 8. Order served on July 30, order lifted on August 2.
Riverhouse Café, 1 Castle Street, Cahir, Tipperary. Order served on July 15, order lifted on July 16.
*Eurasia Supermarket, Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Order served on July 15, order lifted on July 25.
Evergreen Retail Limited (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Order served on July 15, order lifted on July 25.
Humeera Traders Limited (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Order served on July 15, order lifted on July 25.
*Spice Village Indian Street Food (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Order served on July 15, order lifted on July 25.
*Eurasia Supermarket (Closed area: First floor food storage hall & attached kitchen area only), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Order served on July 8, order lifted on July 25.
*Spice Village Indian Street Food (Closed area - First floor food storage hall & attached kitchen area only) (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Order served on July 8, order lifted on July 25.
Three Prohibition Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Baltic Market (retailer), 2 Dominic Street, Drogheda, Louth. Order served on July 26.
Goa Indian Spice Kitchen Ltd (takeaway), Unit 103, St Patrick’s Woollen Mills, Douglas, Cork. Order served on July 17.
Select Asia (retailer), Unit 103, St Patrick’s Woollen Mills, Douglas, Cork. Order served on July 17.
One Prohibition Order was served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
Quality Foods (butcher shop), 59-61 Dublin Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Order served on July 17.
Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive, FSAI, emphasised that compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations should be of the highest priority for all food businesses.
“Food businesses have a legal responsibility to ensure the safety of the food they produce, distribute or sell by maintaining proper storage temperatures, ensuring staff are properly trained, having stringent hygiene practices and ensuring their food businesses are fully pest proofed," she said.
"Achieving a strong food safety culture requires continuous and consistent training for all team members.”
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