13 Irish Food Businesses Ordered To Close In November Over Food Safety Concerns

Darragh Berry

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) states as of December 1st that 13 Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation for the month of November.

The businesses were located in Dublin (2), Clare (2), Leitrim, Louth, Donegal, Mayo (2), Cork, Westmeath, Galway and Kilkenny and they were:

Rice Asian Cuisine, 11 Bridge Street, Ardee, Louth
Everest Express Fish & Chips Take Away, Tulla Road, Ennis, Clare
O’Brien’s Gala, Tulla Road, Ennis, Clare
Tesco Ireland Limited, Dublin Road, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim
O’Rourke’s, 32 Bridgefoot Street, Dublin 8
Teach Lisa Creche (Closed area: Kitchen) Newtowncunningham, Donegal
New World Thai and Chinese Take Away, 275 Glasnevin Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
Original Curry House, Main Street, Kiltimagh, Mayo
Dawat Indian Restaurant, Main Street, Castlebar, Mayo
Colours of India, Unit 2 Hibernian Way, Mallow, Cork
Delvin Mart (Closed area: Restaurant), Delvin, Westmeath
Galmere Fresh Foods Limited Ballybrit Upper Industrial Estate, Monivea Road, Galway
The Blue Door, 59 John Street, Kilkenny

The FSAI release updates regularly which can be found on their website.

Do any of these places look familiar to you?

These reports are issued under the FSAI Act, Official Control of Foodstuffs (S.I. No.117 of 2010) and prosecutions under food legislation

There is four types of orders:

Closure Orders – remain on the website for 3 months from the date the order was lifted
Improvement Orders – remain on the website for 3 months from the date the order was lifted
Prohibition Orders – remain on the website for 1 month from the date the order was lifted
Prosecutions – remain on the website for 3 months from the date the order was lifted

Reasons for these closures will be released next week so stay tuned for that.