Two Dublin restaurants were closed down by HSE inspectors over food safety breaches in August, while a fishing vessel was served a prohibition order that is under appeal.
Zing by Chaska at 90 - 91 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 was served with a closure order by the HSE on 26 August under the FSAI Act 1998. The closure order was issued after inspectors found that the business did not have adequate procedures in place to control pests, leading to likely contamination of foods with pathogenic bacteria rendering the food "unfit" for consumption.
The report also stated that high-risk foods were consistently being kept at temperatures that were likely to result in a "health risk." In the chilled food display unit in the buffet pasta salad, chickpea salad and rice pudding were stored for prolonged and unknown periods at 14.3oC, 14.8 o C and 14.4oC respectively.
