These Irish food businesses were served with closure orders in April

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Two food businesses in Ireland were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation during the month of April, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The two businesses issued closure orders were in Dublin and Louth, while one Prohibition Order and one Improvement Order were served on food businesses in Waterford and Dublin. The food businesses were issued with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010. The Enforcement Orders were issued by environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive. Two Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

• New Great Wall (takeaway), 31a Castletown Road, Dundalk, Louth
• New Century Thai and Chinese Take Away, 6 Prospect Road, Harts Corner, Dublin 9

One Prohibition Order was served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:

• PTM-Schabik (butcher shop), Unit 14, Park Road Business Park, Park Road, Waterford

One Improvement Order was served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

• Yemco Enterprise (retailer), Whitestown Road, Rush, Co. Dublin

Commenting on the Enforcement Orders served in April, Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive, FSAI said that all food businesses must comply with food safety legislation in order to protect consumers’ health. Dr. Byrne said:

"While most food businesses are committed to maintaining the highest standards of food safety for the health of their customers, unfortunately this is not always the case". "Although, it is encouraging that there have only been two Closure Orders for the month of April, we are urging all food businesses to ensure that they have a robust food safety management system in place and that it is consulted on a regular basis and updated, where necessary, to ensure non-compliance issues and breaches of food safety legislation don’t occur."