Eleven restaurants and food outlets were ordered to close their doors last month, for breaches of food safety legislation.
The enforcement orders were issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
The closed businesses include a butcher's in Cork, a hotel in Roscommon and an Indian restaurant in Donegal.
Closure orders were given to:
- The deli and salad production parts of Lucey’s Ltd, a butcher on 57 Main Street, Mallow, Cork
- The kitchen of The White House Hotel on Main Street, Ballinlough, Roscommon
- Indian Royale restaurant at Market Centre, Main Street, Letterkenny, Donegal
- The Pitstop take-away on 30 Connaught Street, Athlone, Westmeath
- Aisling Foundation food supplements supplier, Unit 4B Enterprise Centre, Bantry, Cork
- Alminna Wholesale Foods Ltd, Unit 7, Enterprise Park, Cookstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24
- Dublin Duona Bakery, Unit 6L Ballymount Industrial Estate, Ballymount, Dublin 12
- Parts of Lituanica butcher, Unit 1, The Maieston, Santry Cross, Ballymun, Dublin 11
- Fahy’s Bar, 71 Bohermore, Galway City, Galway
- China Garden restaurant, Dominick Street, Mullingar, Westmeath
- Food preparation areas of Little Treasures Naionra, Montessori and Afterschool, 143 Bridgemeadows, Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, Wexford
One Prohibition Order was served on: Real Brasil Food Limited, Clarendon House, 34-37 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2
Prof. Alan Reilly, Chief Executive, FSAI expressed his disappointment at the continuingly high number of Closure Orders needing to be served on food businesses in Ireland.
"We continue to find unacceptable levels of non-compliance with food safety legislation. Time and time again, we encounter cases of food business operators who are potentially putting their customers’ health at risk by not complying with their legal obligations for food safety and hygiene. There is absolutely no excuse for negligent practices," he said.
"Food businesses must recognise that the legal onus is on them to make sure that the food they serve is safe to eat. This requires ongoing compliance with food safety and hygiene standards to ensure the food they are producing is safe to consume."
