Frozen food ban for Irish Iceland stores lifted after 6 months

The ban was implemented by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in March of this year.

A ban has been lifted on the sale of frozen food in Irish Iceland stores, FSAI have informed the High Court.

As reported by The Journal, the order was lifted last Friday evening following a number of actions by an examiner appointed to save Iceland stores in Ireland from going under.

The ban was originally put in place on March 3rd by the FSAI, who issued a recall of all imported frozen food of animal origin sold from Metron Stores Limited (trading as Iceland Ireland).

At the time, FSAI cited a number of incidents of non-compliance with import control legislation in relation to frozen foods of animal origin. The authority said that some frozen food of animal origin had been imported into Ireland without pre-notification and completion of entry declarations and health certificates, and consumers were advised not to eat the implicated products.

Via Instagram/Iceland Foods Ireland

The High Court heard that the lifting of the ban was centred around keeping Irish Iceland branches open. According to The Journal, a number of Iceland employees attended the courtroom, and pleaded for the court to compel the company to use its cash reserves of €300,000 to settle “all outstanding wage issues and unfair dismissals” at the company since the franchise was taken over earlier this year. The court heard there are up to 150 workers who are owed money by the retailer.

In a statement, Donna Grimes, employee at Iceland’s Talbot Street store said:

“Not only did we suffer financially when our direct debits bounced, or we had to take loans to survive or go into overdrafts and be penalised for it, we also suffered with anxiety and stress from a lack of certainty about our futures.”

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