5 Enforcement Orders served on food businesses in January

The Exchange Bar in Waterford City’s Ballybricken area was one of five businesses served with Closure Orders last month in January for breaches of food safety legislation.

 

 

 

Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in January include: evidence of rodent activity posing a risk of contamination to foodstuffs and food preparation surfaces, equipment and utensils; all freezers within a premises having an extremely large build-up of congealed blood, food debris and dirt; large accumulations of dirt and debris throughout an entire premises; a build-up of dirt and grease on equipment such as microwaves, extract canopies and hot-holding containers; failure to ensure adequate pest control and no hot water being available, making the adequate cleaning of the premises and people’s hands extremely difficult.

The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive.

Details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website at www.fsai.ie.