Rodents and Cockroaches Found as 13 Businesses Shut

13 food businesses were ordered to shut down last month.

The Food Safety Authority says it found a live rat in a food storage room, a dead rat in a kitchen, and an active cockroach infestation in a cold service unit storing uncovered food.

The authority says the number of closure orders in September is very concerning

Nine closure orders were served under the FSAI Act 1998, while four closure orders were served under the EU Regulations 2020.

The businesses are located in Cork, Dublin, and Tipperary.

The nine closure orders served under the FSAI Act, 1998, were served to:

• Glens Takeaway and Diner, Cappaughna, Glengarriff, Cork
• Grace’s Garden (Service Sector), Dublin Road, Shankhill, Co. Dublin
• Koffee and Kale (Restaurant/Café), 21B Hill Street, Dublin 1
• Spar (Closed area: Deli area only), Unit 3, 111 Reubens Square, Dolphins Barn, Dublin 8
• Kimex Ireland Limited (Small Meat Manufacturing Plant), Unit 7, Golden Bridge Industrial Estate, Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
• Osteria 99 Italian Cuisine (Restaurant/Café), 1st Floor, 99 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
• Polonez (Retailer), Unit 4, Walkinstown Retail Centre, Walkinstown Avenue, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
• Café Sol, Cornelscourt Shopping Centre, Foxrock, Dublin 18
• That’s Amore (Restaurant/Café), 107 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin

Four closure orders were served under the EU (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations 2020 to:

• Antonio’s (Take Away), 61a Ballybough Road, Dublin 3
• Red Robin Takeaway, River Street, Killenaule, Tipperary
• The Lord Lucan Pub, Finnstown Shopping Centre, Lock Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin
• Coolmine Shawarma & Grilled (Closed activity: Storage, preparation, handling and cooking of raw meat at the premises) (Take Away), Unit 40B, Coolmine Industrial Estate, Porters Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15