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Eight Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation in September, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
The affected businesses are located in Meath, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork.
The food businesses were issued with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010.
Eight closure orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
- Baby Pure Water Limited, Ardbraccan, Navan, Meath
- Mint Leaf, 157 Drumcondra Road Lower, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 (Order served on 11 September, order lifted on 21 September)
- Super Ketones, 76 Prospect Hill, Galway (Order served on 13 September, order lifted on 21 September)
- Khyber Garden, 11 Market Street, Kells, Meath (Order served on 14 September, order lifted on 21 September)
- Kings Unit 8, Bayside Shopping Centre, Bayside, Sutton, Dublin 13
- Echemas Trading Store, 11 Upper Gerald Griffin Street, Limerick (Order served on 19 September, order lifted on 21 September)
- Bengal Indian Foodstall, Trading at Semple Stadium, Thurles, Tipperary
- Oldcourt East Bakery, Oldcourt East, Midleton, Cork
More details on the closure orders are available on the FSAI website here.
Under the FSAI Act, 1998, a Closure Order is served where it is deemed that there is or there is likely to be a grave and immediate danger to public health at or in the premises; or where an Improvement Order is not complied with. Closure Orders can refer to the immediate closure of all or part of the food premises, or all or some of its activities.
Under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010, Closure Orders and Prohibition Orders are served where there is a non-compliance with food legislation
Closure and Improvement Orders will remain in the reports for a period of three months from the date the order was lifted. Prohibition Orders will remain in the reports for a period of one month from the date the order was lifted.
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