The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) closed down 10 premises last month alone for breaches of food safety regulations.

Town Bar and Grill on Kildare Street in Dublin was among the premises closed down, as well as the deli counter at a Daybreak store in Ferns in Co. Wexford.

In total 14 enforcement orders served on food businesses in February.

Commenting on the high level of closure orders which are served on businesses here, FSAI Chief Executive Alan Reilly said standards must not be allowed to slip to such levels that consumer health is put at risk.

He said each closure order undermines consumer confidence in food safety.

"It is not acceptable for any food business to potentially put their customers' health at risk. Every food business should be striving for the high food safety and hygiene standards that the majority of food businesses are committed to achieving on a daily basis" Professor Reilly said.

The FSAI is also encouraging consumers to make complaints to their Advice Line on 1890-336-677 or info@fsai.ie.

Four Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

• Kebabish Original (restaurant), 40 Richmond Street South, Dublin 2
• Bu Ali Tandoori (restaurant), 28 Clanbrassil Street Lower, Dublin 8
• Town Bar and Grill (restaurant), 21 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
• The Village Inn (public house) (Closed area: kitchen on first floor and ice machine on ground floor only), Church Street, Finglas, Dublin 11

Six Closure Orders was served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:

• Limerick Foodstore (grocery) (1st Floor only), 17 Davis Street, Limerick
• Santori Indian Restaurant, Chapel Lane, Mill Race, Tuam, Galway
• Bei Jing House (restaurant), College Road, Mountbellew, Galway
• Mirchi (restaurant), 9 Townyard Lane, Malahide, Co. Dublin 
• Rico’s (restaurant), 26A Richmond Street South, Dublin 2
• Daybreak (grocery) (all activities carried out in the delicatessen), The Square, Ferns, Wexford

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

• Real Brazil (meat & meat products distributor), No. 3 Sliabh Carrow, Ennis Road, Gort, Galway

Three Prohibition Orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:

• Real Brazil (grocery), Unit 6, The Grove, Crowe Street, Gort, Galway
• Star Asia (grocery), 22 -23 Moore Street, Dublin 1
• Fitzgerald’s Butchers, Main Street, Ballylanders, Limerick