Tuesday, 11 August 2026
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) served eleven Closure Orders and two Prohibition Orders on food businesses during the month of July 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.
Six Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
- Diwali (Restaurant/Café), Unit 1 Castle House, 73-83 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2
- The Village Shop & Takeaway (Take Away), Mountbolus, Offaly
- Babylon Restaurant (Take Away), 92-93 Irishtown, Clonmel, Tipperary
- The mobile food unit trading as Canteen Street Food (Service Sector-Other), Damastown Park, Damastown Road, Parslickstown, Dublin 15
- India Dining (Restaurant/Café), Prospect House, Church Street, Wicklow
- Roots Health Food, food stall trading at Salthill & Monkstown Dart Station (Service Sector/Other), Longford Terrace, Monkstown, Blackrock, County Dublin
Five Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
- Chicken Club (Take Away), 1 The Square, Listowel, Kerry
- Sheela Palace (Restaurant/Café), Ballyowen Shopping Centre, Castle Road, Lucan, County Dublin
- Deli Gold - Grill House (Restaurant/Café), 3b Hyde Court, Townsend Street, Dublin 2
- Elm Tree Farm Food Stall, trading at Clonmel Show (Retailer/Other), Powerstown Park Racecourse, Clonmel, Tipperary
- Sushimi (Closed activity: The preparation and sale of Sushi in the shared kitchen on the first floor of 62 Mary Street, Dublin) (Restaurant/Café), 62 Mary Street, Dublin 1
One Prohibition Order was served under FSAI Act 1998 on:
- Ocras (Foods of Non-Animal Origin Processing) Unit H West Cork Business & Technology Park, Clonakilty, Cork
One Prohibition Order was served under European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
- Rebel Ice Cream (Wholesaler/Distributor-Other), Unit 4 Cherrywood Business Park, Harbour Point, Little Island, Cork
Among the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in July are: inadequate procedures in place to prevent cross-contamination between raw and cooked foods; failure to ensure food business operators and staff received adequate training in the application of HACCP principles; ready-to-eat foods stored without appropriate labelling or monitoring records; evidence of pest infestations, including rodent droppings, a dead rodent in close proximity to food products and evidence of cockroach activity in food preparation areas; sewage contamination risks, with human waste overflowing from a manhole in a staff toilet into a room storing food contact equipment adjacent to a food preparation area; extensive food debris and poor standards of cleanliness throughout food premises; failure to maintain the cold chain, with food stored at inappropriate temperatures due to defective refrigeration; inadequate cleaning and maintenance of kitchen equipment and surfaces, including equipment covered in grease and grime, and a disused cooker being used as a bin containing food debris, paper litter and waste materials; food safety risks associated with the improper defrosting and handling of frozen fish used in food preparation.
Commenting today, Mr Greg Dempsey, Chief Executive, FSAI, said:
“The issues identified in these Enforcement Orders are deeply concerning and demonstrate serious failures in basic food safety controls. We continue to see cases where essential requirements, including effective cleaning, pest control, safe food handling practices, staff training and food safety management systems, are not being properly implemented. These are not optional measures; they are legal requirements that every food business must have in place to protect consumers. Where businesses fail to meet these fundamental standards and public health is at risk, enforcement action will continue to be taken”.
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.
Separately, during the month of July two prosecutions were taken by the Health Service Executive in relation to:
- The Lunch Bag Ltd (Manufacturer – Other), Unit 21B Lisbunny Industrial Estate, Nenagh, Tipperary
- Splitstone Ltd (Manufacturer – Other), Unit 21 Lisbunny Industrial Estate, Nenagh, Tipperary
