Pygmalion served with Closure Order

Pygmalion public house in Dublin's Powerscourt Townhouse Centre was one of four food outlets served with a Closure Order under the FSAI Act 1998 last month.

 

 

In all, seven Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during the month of May for breaches of food safety legislation pursuant to the FSAI Act 1998 and the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations 2020.

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

The other Closure Orders were served on:

• Go Go Pizza and Kebab, Whitemill Road, Wexford
• HG Ritchie Ltd (manufacturer), Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
• Mart Café, Raphoe Mart, Derry Road, Raphoe, County Donegal.

Three Closure Orders were also served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:

• Sillis Green Veg (closed activities: The use of sodium metabisulphite in the dipping process and production of foodstuffs), Sillis, Glaslough, County Monaghan
• Milne Foods Limited (closed activities: processing of all ready-to-eat foods on the premises), Syngefield Industrial Estate, Birr, County Offaly
• Golden Beach Supermarket (closed activities: The preparation and serving of food in the ground floor kitchen and service area. The slicing and/or packing of food products in basement storeroom), 137 Parnell Street, Dublin 1.

In addition, one Prohibition Order was served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations 2020 on the Bullet Duck & Dumpling restaurant/café, 27 Mary Street Little, Dublin 7.

Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in May include: a lack of adequate procedures in place to control pests with live rodents and droppings spotted; high-risk food such as beef, chicken and pork dishes kept at temperatures that were likely to result in a health risk; food debris, encrusted dirt and grease on floor surfaces, wall surfaces and shelving; no hot water in any sinks at the premises; a lack of allergen information; following sampling, Listeria monocytogenes detected in some ready-to-eat foods; an electric fly killer full of dead insects was located directly above a production line; no evidence of a food safety management system in place.

In the case of Pygmalion, the EHO reported sighting a live rodent and rat droppings on-site.
All details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website. Closure Orders and Improvement Orders will remain listed in the enforcement reports on the website for a period of three months from the date of when a premises is adjudged to have corrected its food safety issue, with Prohibition Orders being listed for a period of one month.