Overflowing human waste in Offaly shop among businesses issued closure orders
A Co Offaly shop and takeaway with human waste overflowing from a manhole in a staff toilet was among 13 businesses issued with closure orders last month.
At the Village Shop & Takeaway in Mountbolus, the waste was overflowing into a room storing food contact equipment adjacent to a food preparation area.
The Food Safety Authority (FSAI) said it provided a "direct opportunity for pathogenic bacteria likely present in human waste to contaminate food or food preparation areas, rendering it unsafe".
There was 11 closure orders were issued to businesses by the FSAI, while two prohibition orders were also issued.
A closure order was issued to the Diwali Restaurant on South Great Georges Street in Dublin after a significant cockroach infestation throughout the kitchen food preparation areas was found.
Inspectors said they found cockroaches present at all stages of their life cycle, while multiple dead cockroaches were also found in the kitchen.
A closure order was also issued to the...
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