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The Irish FOOD SAFETY Authority ordered the closure of five food businesses during the month of October.
The list includes three Dublin sushi restaurants operating from the same bedroom of a home, which were ordered to close for a series of violations:
- Koi sushi (take out), 1 Shanvarna Road, Santry, Dublin 9
- Nagoya Sushi (take out), 1 Shanvarna Road, Santry, Dublin 9
- Kyoto sushi (take out), 1 Shanvarna Road, Santry, Dublin 9
FSAI inspectors found no “evidence” that the sushi with raw fish and rice was being “safely prepared.”
The inspector stated that there was no evidence that the staff had been trained or supervised in food safety.
Dr. Pamela Byrne, FSAI CEO, expressed concern that the closure orders relate to people who run unregistered and unregistered online restaurants.
“Running a food business that has not been registered and therefore is not supervised is totally unacceptable and poses a very serious risk to the health of consumers,” he said.
“In these cases, the unregistered companies produced sushi without any hygiene or temperature controls. Sushi is a very high-risk product because it contains raw fish that must be kept cold to reduce the growth of dangerous bacteria.
“It can also contain cooked rice, which is a ready-to-eat product that must be kept cold. In these cases, the absence of a food safety management system, the lack of monitoring of the cold chain and the absence of traceability tests for raw materials posed a serious and immediate danger to consumer health ”.
Orders remain in place.
Full orders can be read here, here and here.
- TFS Wholesale, Unit 6 and 7 Colomane, Bantry, Co Cork
TFS Wholesale, operated by a company called The Funky Skunk Cork Ltd, was ordered to shut down after an An Garda Siochána official observed a live rat running down the rear wall of the ground floor.
Upon inspection, “a lot of rat droppings were found under the kitchen sink. Rodent droppings were found in a cardboard box used to store lollipops, ”according to the FSAI inspector’s report.
“Some lollipops were found to have ‘gnaw marks’ on the product and the packaging was shredded (consistent with rodent attack). Chewed plastic wrap material was also observed in this box. “
Order remains in place.
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The full order can be read here.
- Speedos (restaurant / cafe), 8 Tuckey Street, Cork City, Cork
The closure order indicated that there was fresh rodent droppings on the floor of an area where dry goods and raw meat are prepared.
Evidence of fresh rodent activity posed a public health risk, according to the order.
The company was ordered shut down on October 6, but the notice was lifted the next day.
The full order can be read here.
Additional reporting by Gráinne Ní Aodha
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