A Dublin beauty salon operating as a food business, a meat company storing food unfit for human consumption and food premises with rat and cockroach infestations were among the food closures issued in the last month.
According to the FSAI, the beauty salon was ordered to stop operating as a food business after it was found to have serious issues upon inspection. La Punk Beauty Hair Salon on Henry Place in Dublin 1 had "a food business operating from a barber shop with no facilities for maintaining hygiene and protecting the food" and was ordered to close on March 23 with no date for reopening.
Johnson Best Food African Take Away in Summerhill, Dublin 1 was closed on March 13 and reopened on April 6. Issues included "A live cockroach infestation was observed in the kitchen", the premises was not in a clean condition, unidentified meat, fish and beef were stored without traceability dates. There was also no hand washing facilities available, and staff were not trained. A prohibition order was also issued due to meat and fish stored with no traceability and fish was also stored in a non-working freezer.
