The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that three Closure Orders and two Improvement Orders were served on food businesses during the month of January for breaches in food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998.  The Enforcement Orders were issued by environmental health officers (EHOs) in the HSE Dublin Mid Leinster Region, the HSE West Region and the HSE South Region.  

Closure Orders were served on:

• Rezmerita Plus Ltd supermarket trading as Polonez,(Delicatessen and Butcher area only), Athlone Shopping Centre, Athlone, Westmeath
• Wok In take-away, 9 Captains Hill, Leixlip, Kildare
• The Burger Hut Foodstall, Knockcroghery, Roscommon

Improvement Orders were served on:

• Roma Take Away, 4 Lower Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
• Bassetts at Woodstock restaurant, Woodstock, Inistioge, Kilkenny

Commenting on the first Enforcement Order figures served in 2011, Prof Alan Reilly, Chief Executive, FSAI noted that food businesses should be continuously reviewing their food safety policies and practices, to ensure they protect consumer health in relation to food.

    “We are urging all 49,000 food businesses in Ireland to place a renewed focus on food safety and hygiene and to make it a key priority for 2011.  Most Enforcement Orders are served as the result of easily preventable errors, that shouldn’t be occurring if proper policies are followed by the implicated businesses.  These errors include dirty premises and unhygienic practices, all leading to a variety of potential food safety hazards, be it contamination of foodstuffs; cross-contamination from raw to cooked foods and improper storage of food.  Consumers need to feel confident that the food they are purchasing is safe to eat and every single Enforcement Order served undermines that confidence.  It affects not only the premises involved, but the industry as a whole”, said Prof Reilly. 

Details of the food businesses served with these Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI website.  Closure Orders and Improvement Orders will remain listed 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.

See the ‘Enforcement Orders Database’ on our website.