The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has announced its Enforcement Orders for June, saying that it was heartening to see an overall decline in Orders being served for the H1 2002.
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For the month of June there were two Improvement Orders (IO) served on food businesses with no Closure Orders (CO) being required. The IOs were served by the Northern Area Health Board on two Dublin premises, Maud¹s Kiosk and Magic Wok.
According to Dr Patrick Wall, CEO of the FSAI, only 14 COs have been served since January. This compares with a total of 51 Closures in 2001 and some 24 for the H1 2001.
“It is interesting to see a pattern emerging which reflects the impact of the serving of Improvement Notices (served on premises where a potential problem has been identified and a list of required corrective actions are provided). Failure to respond to the Improvement Notice within the given timeframe can result in the serving of an IO or a CO. Last year, a total of 330 Improvement Notices were served on food businesses. In the H1 2002 we have already served 215 Improvement Notices,” said Dr Wall.
“It seems that food businesses are responding very effectively to Improvement Notices so that they do not require the more serious Orders. This has resulted in an overall decline in COs and IOs so far this year.”
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By GlobalDataDr Wall stated that these figures point to the ongoing success of the work of environmental health officers (EHOs) who carry out inspections on some 37,000 food premises.
