Butchers with so sink or dishwasher closed by Food Safety Authority
The butchers in Ballaghaderreen was served with a closure order in December by the HSE, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland
A Ballaghaderren butcher shop has been ordered to close its doors by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
The premises named Sausage Paradise on Pound Street was issued with a closure order following an inspection by the FSAI late last year.
The owner of the butcher shop, Mr Myhailo Murgo, was served with the order under the FSAI Act, 1998, on December 13, 2023 and it has not been lifted.
The FSAI said they decided it was appropriate to issue the closure order as they believed that “there is or is likely to be a grave and immediate danger to public health at, in or on the said premises for the particular reasons".
The notice referred to several reasons that had concerned inspectors including the "internal and external surfaces of the outdoor cooking - smoke house were constructed of chip board that poses a risk of contamination to food".
Other reasons outlined included the fact there were "no wash up sinks or dishwasher provided for the washing and sanitation of food equipment or crockery" at the butchers.
“There was no wash hand basin and no hand wash facilities for food workers to wash their hands after handling raw meat," an FSAI report stated.
The FSAI also referred to a hanging structure in the outdoor cooking house for the sausages and they said it was not food grade or suitable and it posed a risk of contamination to food and it was not food grade.
Other issues raised during the inspection included there being no temperature monitoring, no record keeping and no food safety management system provided based on the principles of HACCP and no record keeping.
The FSAI stated there was also no maintenance of the chill chain and no probe thermometer.
A significant issue highlighted was that there was no food traceability and no labelling information displayed or available for any of the pork products being sold.
The inspection also found there was no pest control procedures being implemented at the outlet.
“The premises was not pest proof. There were gaps in the external walls of the building and holes in the ceiling," the report stated.
“There was no pest control plan or contract to prevent pest entry to the building and outdoor cooking - smoke house.”
