The canteen at Dublin City Council's civic offices was forced to close last month after food inspectors saw a "live rodent" through a hole in its kitchen wall.
The canteen, which is operated by Baxter Storey Ireland Limited, was closed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last month on 14 November. The canteen later reopened reopened after the pest control issues were addressed a few days later.
According to the inspector who ordered the canteen's closure, there was a "live rodent noted through a hole in the wall" area where food was prepared. The inspector raised concerns about how mice droppings and urine can “transmit salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria to food" that would likely render the food "unfit for human consumption.”
