Closure order served on Earl’s restaurant at UCD

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has served a closure order on Earl’s delicatessen and restaurant at UCD’s School of Architecture, at Richview, Clonskeagh in Dublin.

The authority also served a prohibition order on Sheehan’s Butchers, Church Street, Caherciveen, Co Kerry.

Both orders were made during January when the authority said it also carried out two successful prosecutions against Kelleghan Catering Food Stall, Main Street, Tallow, Waterford, and Millbridge Meats (butcher), Kilmacrennan, Co Donegal.

According to the Food Safety Authority, the closure notice was served on Earl’s Delicatessen because there was “likely to be a grave and immediate danger to public health”.

The authority said the prohibition order on Sheehan’s butchers related to 12 crates of unlabelled beef in a walk-in cold room, four crates of out-of-date beef in a walk-in cold room and unlabelled meats in a walk-in freezer.

EU regulations

The prosecutions of Kelleghan Catering Ltd and Millbridge meats were in relation to EU regulations on the hygiene of foodstuffs, and resulted in fines in both cases.

Dr Pamela Byrne, chief executive of the authority, said food businesses need to be vigilant at all times in relation to food safety to ensure full compliance with food legislation.

“Food businesses must recognise that the legal onus is on them to make sure that the food they sell or serve is safe to eat.”

If any food business owner was unsure of what was required of them by law, “they should contact the FSAI advice line at info@fsai.ie or visit its website www.fsai.ie or Facebook page”, said Dr Byrne.

Details of the food businesses served with enforcement orders are published on the FSAI’s website at fsai.ie.