Closure order for restaurant

A BRAY restaurant was one of seven food businesses around the country to be served with Closure Orders by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) during the month of May. The closure order order was served on Kin Tai Limited, T/A Tropica Asian Restaurant on Westbourne Terrace, Quinsboro Road in Bray for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations 2010.

Under the FSAI Act, a Closure Order is served where it is deemed that there is or there is likely to be a grave and imme- diate danger to public health at or in the premises or where an Improvement Order is not complied with. Closure Orders can refer to the immediate closure of all or part of the food premises, or all or some of its activities.

Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive of FSAI said that all food business operators in Ireland should fully understand that it is their legal responsibility to ensure they are maintaining the highest standard of food preparation and are not putting consumers’ lives at risk by careless practices.

‘It is unfortunate this month to see a high number of Enforcement Orders. Food safety legislation sets standards which food businesses must adhere to and there can be no shortcuts when it comes to ensuring the protection of consumer health.

‘It is of paramount importance that all food businesses must operate stringent food safety practices in order to ensure the food they are producing and selling to their customers is safe to eat.

‘Non-compliance by food businesses will not be tolerated and all breaches of food safety legislation will be dealt with to the full extent of the law,’ said Dr Byrne.