Restaurant shut for one day over ‘filthy’ kitchen
GRACE’S GARDEN Chinese restaurant in Shankill was temporarily shut down last month, due to ‘filthy’ conditions in the kitchen.
This was the second Shankill premises to be issued with a food closure order over the summer, with Andrew’s Chinese takeaway closed for three days in June.
Grace’s Garden was closed from July 18, and the order lifted the following day once food safety standards were met.
In a letter to Mr Zhensan Lin of Grace’s Garden informing him of the order, the HSE said that he had not complied with food hygiene legislation. It said that the restaurant had posed a significant threat to health due to failure to adequately clean and disinfect the premises and equipment.
‘ The kitchen and associated areas were in a filthy condition on inspection. An accumulation of dirt, grease and grime was evident in many areas,’ read the order. ‘ There was a large accumulation of dirt and debris on the floor under and behind the equipment. There was grease dripping down the walls and an accumulation of grease behind and on equipment.’
There was also a panel coming away from the wall by the food wash sinks, revealing a large build-up of dirt behind it.
Equipment and food contact surfaces were in a filthy and unhygienic condition. There was an accumulation of dirt and grease on the chopping board and food containers were dirty.
The inspector found that food was not safely in the walk-in freezer. Several food containers were badly cracked and chipped which had the potential to cause physical contamination and there were spices being stored in a dirty black muslin cloth.
Dr Pamela Byrne, chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland said the onus is on food businesses to ensure they protect the health of their customers by always strictly following food safety legislative requirements.
‘It is somewhat alarming that 15 enforcement orders were required to be served on food SCOTTISH duo Simon Clark and Rachel Winter made their way through County Wicklow over the weekend, as they run around the Irish coastline.
They also met up with Bray man Callum Jacobs in Dublin last week, who attempted the same 2,000-mile feat four years ago.
Simon and Rachel set off from O’Connell Bridge last Tuesday, with a fundraising target of £10,000 for the Ecologia Youth Trust’s work with vulnerable youngsters in Scotland, Kenya, Uganda, Myanmar and Russia.
They will run 20 miles a day over a four-month period, carrying bare essentials and finishing in time for Christmas. businesses in the month of July,’ she said. ‘ The legal responsibility for producing food that is safe to eat rests firmly with food businesses.
‘ The FSAI is here to provide advice if food businesses are unsure of what is required of them by law. They can contact the FSAI at info@fsai.ie or visit fsai.ie,’ said Dr Byrne.
Details of the food businesses served with enforcement orders are published on the fsai’s website.
Closure orders and improvement orders will remain listed 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.
Rachel is a former Eocologia volunteer coordinator and she supported Simon on a 5,000 UK run last year.
The duo are looking for offers of beds, sofas, floors and barns to sleep in along the way in Ireland as well as company in the form of cyclists, runners and walkers wishing to join them for a few hours.
Dependent upon the generosity of people they will meet on the way, the route will take them clockwise, from the urban streets of Dublin, to the long stretches of white, east coast beaches and onwards. Staying as close as possible to the coast and taking in all of the beauty of Ireland. They are hoping to finish back in Findhorn, Scotland in time to celebrate Christmas.
Inspired by Rosie Swale Pope’s Just a Little Run Around the World, Simon is following the edge of mainland Ireland. At the same time, he is dedicating his journey of self-discovery to supporting Ecologia’s work with children and young people facing their own tough challenges.
‘Giving – no doubt at times, grinding out – an effort to benefit youngsters who have less fortuitous circumstances than mine seems the least I can do, and the thought of carrying and needing very little, while asking others to give a lot to improve the lives of children seems the best of affairs,’ he said.
The team’s route and position can be found on a live map at ecologia. org.