Are you familiar with either of these two places?
Closure orders have been issued for two Irish food business in January due to the “presence of mouse droppings”, and the use of a “toxic” chemical.
The retailer www.FatBurney.com was served a closure order, as was a butchers in Woodlands, Greystones.
FatBurney was operating out of Clonmel, Tipperary.
The FSAI said that the presence of “mouse droppings” was present in one of the locations, and that www.fatburney.com was using a “highly toxic industrial chemical” which may have been used for weight loss.
It said: “A website was selling and marketing a highly toxic industrial chemical, 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) using a website address that implied the substance may be used for weight loss.
“An unregistered meat food business was operating with no food safety management system or associated monitoring records available for inspection; meat preparations and meat products being produced from wild game meat where the carcasses had not undergone post-mortem inspection, meaning that the meat used was not demonstrably fit for human consumption and there was inadequate procedures in place to control pests as evidenced by the presence of mouse droppings.”
Commenting on the alleged fat burning products, Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive of the FSAI said: “There are serious health risks from taking slimming products purchased online which are not linked to a registered food business and we are urging consumers to remain very cautious and to only buy from established food businesses.
“Following an investigation, a Closure Order was served on a food business marketing and selling 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) which is a highly toxic industrial chemical which has been abused as a ‘fat burner’ to achieve rapid weight loss.
“It is illegal for DNP to be sold for use as a weight loss product and it is not allowed in food. Its use has serious and unpredictable side effects, including death.”
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