Clean Cuisine Consultants

23/07/2025

Update to recall of various branded prepared meals and side dishes produced by Ballymaguire Foods due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes https://ow.ly/RbAg50Wu1bl

16/02/2025

Eleven Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses in January.

The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the HSE Ireland.

Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in January include: active cockroach infestation; rodent activity and rodent droppings; raw fish vacuum packed in the same machine where ready-to-eat foods were vacuum packed with no documented cleaning and disinfection procedure or cleaning schedule in place for the vacuum packer; damp and mould growth; personal items such as shoes, a gazebo and scooter in a food production area; complete lack of cleaning; all surfaces stained and dirty with waste food debris and a build-up of dust; no evidence of a food safety management system in place; a business that had not been approved by a competent authority for the operations taking place; unlabelled food items with no traceability information provided.

To read the full press release, please see here: https://ow.ly/9wgU50UXnIW

30/01/2025

09/01/2025

133 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses for breaches of food safety legislation in 2024, an increase of 45% on the 92 that were served in 2023.

The FSAI outlined the importance of robust food safety management systems and stressed that the legal responsibility lies with food businesses to ensure that they appropriately train staff to produce, serve and sell food that is safe to eat, and ensure that their premises are clean and adequately pest proofed.

Between 1 January and 31 December 2024, 115 Closure Orders, 16 Prohibition Orders and 2 Improvement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the HSE Ireland, sea-fisheries protection officers in the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and inspectors in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on food businesses throughout the country.

To read the full press release, see: ow.ly/JBwY50UCpLt

17/09/2024

Eight Closure Orders were served on food businesses in August.

The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the HSE Ireland

Some of the reasons for the Closure Orders in August include: evidence of ongoing rodent infestation with droppings found in kitchen area; failure to implement adequate pest control measures; dead cockroaches found in traps and flies in the deli area; inadequate regular and thorough cleaning; uncovered bins filled with food waste; a build-up of dirt on used catering equipment and on the floor; a lack of basic hygiene provisions, such as hot water, soap, and drying facilities for staff; food not stored at correct temperature; a lack of food allergen information available for customers; failure to implement an appropriate food safety culture.

To read the full press release, please see: https://ow.ly/k4Em50TjQer

09/07/2024

Seven Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses in June.

The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the HSE Ireland.

Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in June include: two mouse carcasses under a sink and under a toilet; a significant amount of rodent droppings under a sink; evidence of rat infestation; inadequate pest proofing; flies walking on cooked chicken; a dead rodent under pallets on the shop floor; raw meat packaging used to store cooked chicken pieces; mould on walls and ceilings; food prepared and handled in a kitchen which was subject to a Closure Order; inability to establish traceability for frozen raw meat; lack of a food safety culture.

To read the full press release, please see: https://ow.ly/c6PQ50SxFMV

24/06/2024

Nine Enforcement Orders served on food businesses in May.

The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the HSE Ireland

Find out the reasons here: https://ow.ly/kXjS50SgJzZ