Seven food businesses were forced to close last month over breaches of food safety legislation.
They included sections of well-known pubs Doyle’s of College Green in Dublin and Morrissey’s of Abbeyleix, Co Laois.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published a list of the businesses closed down by local environmental health officers in June.
Closure orders were served under the FSAI Act 1998 on Doyle’s public house (Fleet Street basement), 9 College Street, Dublin 2; Spicy Food Guru takeaway, 59 Port Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal; Phelan’s Home Bakery, 14 Market Square, Portlaoise, Co Laois and Spar, 115 Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Closure orders were served under EU control-of-foodstuffs legislation on Morrissey’s public house (kitchen only), Main Street, Abbeyleix, Co Laois; Eatzen takeaway, Unit 1, Main Street, Clonee, Co Meath and Charcoal Kebab House restaurant, Patrick Street, Mountrath, Co Laois.
A successful prosecution was also taken by the Health Service Executive on Chungs at Tullio's restaurant, Pearse Street, Ballina, Mayo.
FSAI chief executive Prof Alan Reilly expressed disappointment at the number of closure orders and asked that food businesses be “ever more rigorous in maintaining the highest standards of food safety and hygiene at all times”.
Prof Reilly said consumers had a right to feel confident that the food they were purchasing was safe to eat and that every closure order undermined that confidence, affecting the industry as a whole.
The seven closure orders served in June bring to 39 the total number of enforcement orders served to date this year.