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THE FOOD SAFETY Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that nine businesses were served with closure orders during October.
Four closures were ordered under the FSAI Act of 1998 and five under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations Act 2010.
In another case, the HSE secured three prosecutions against the owners of Jackson’s Hotel in Ballybofey, Donegal.
Mayo County Council also served a prohibition order against Paul Howley, a wholesaler/distributor from Ross, Castlebar, Mayo.
The food businesses which were served closure orders were:
Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive, FSAI stressed the importance of food safety management systems to ensure full compliance with legislation.
“Food safety is of crucial importance for public health and there can be no excuses from non-compliant food businesses.
“The serving of ten enforcement orders shows the importance of having a robust food inspection system to check that food businesses are complying with the food safety laws.”
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Phew. It’s always a relief not to find the local kebab shop/dive listed on these articles.
Ah but sure after chucking out time we wouldn’t care where we eat from ha
@Tweety McTweeter: Most definitely. I do be glad when I get to the end of the article knowing that I have survived another month!
7 Star Pizza, it’s about time they lost some of them stars.
@David Dickenson: Any fast food restaurant giving themselves more than 3 stars should be treated with suspicion!
There are loads of fast food chippers who handle money from customers while prepping/cooking food without using disposable gloves.
@RandomAct Of Kindnes:
Mobile fast food chippers really concern me regarding their sanitary arrangements. Suffice it to say that a fair percentage of their customers must have consumed a bit more than they thought from time to time.
Just reading these reply’s makes me wonder how we survived the 60s when we didnt have this nanny state and people where a lot healthier ..
Life expectancy has jumped a couple of decades since then .
@Derrick, I don’t expect to die but I prefer eating clean food that’s not covered in toilet breaks.
@RandomAct Of Kindnes: or doing the same with disposable gloves on at all times
Yee were probably to out of it on drugs to notice
Businesses that are closed by the FSAI should be obliged to say why they are shut on their premises. Also, all businesses covered by the FSAI should be rated from 0-5 Stars and be obliged to show this rating on their website and/or premises. This way the public will know what to expect.
Do you know how the FSAI work?
@John Stafford: Now that’s not a question one hears everyday…
Nobody needs to eat from a dodgy Chinese. Can’t end well.
I disagree, their the places to eat if your trying to slim down
Oh, live a little. Eat dodgy food every now and then and stop running for antibiotics everyt time you sneeze.
Never understood the fascination with buying food from a place with wheels nor all the brown food from the deli counter, put some quality in your lives people and make your own. You are not too busy.
As sad as it is to see a local institution like Jackson’s Hotel in a difficult position I’m reminded of this real-life (and not a scene from Fawlty Towers) review of the place on TripAdvisor. Surprised the place is earning enough to pay the fines with reviews like this…
‘I noticed what appeared to be a spot of faeces on the bottom of the bath panel beside the toilet and informed hotel staff. The owner of the hotel came up to inspect the mark and scraped it off with her nail and informed me it was chocolate’
Review anseo: http://goo.gl/9dAINM
I’ve stayed there several times, never had anything but top-class experiences, disappointed to think that standards may have slipped.
@Niall McCauley:
Yet the reviewer still gave it a 3-star rating despite claiming there was basically S-H-one-tee on the shower curtain. Makes you wonder what would classify as a 1-star review in her book…
@Niall McCauley: Most hotels just leave it on your pillow.
@Niall McCauley: Did the owner taste it, I wonder?
Guess it goes 6 star pizza now
I don’t understand why we don’t see litigation in relating to food poisoning in the court’s
Bad food gives me the sh!ts
@ter: You never had half cooked kidney beans then?
Anyone see my cat?
7 star pizza, ambitious as the name suggests, not living up to it it seems.
When I was a young fella … long time ago.. we were told that they served cat food in Chinese Restaurants and that the swans and ducks on the canals were in danger from unscrupulous restaurant owners ! Oh we believed it.. but I wonder, they were good at making up stories about anything ” different”
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