Food Safety Authority of Ireland warn of incorrectly declared allergens in some Mayil products.
Alert Summary dated Friday, August 16th 2024
Allergy Alert Notification: 2024.A27 (Update 1) Allergens: Mustard, sesame seeds, fish and crustaceans Product Identification: Please see table below. Batch Code: All batch codes and all best before dates. Please see table hereunder. Country Of Origin: India
Product name.
Pack size.
Allergen(s) ingredient.
Mayil Vaduka Puli Pickle.
400g.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Cut Mango Pickle.
1kg.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Uluva Nellicka.
300g.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Hot and Sweet Lime Pickle.
400g.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Dry Chilly Chutney.
400g.
Sesame seeds.
Mayil Prawn Chutney Powder.
200g.
Crustaceans.
Mayil Uluva Mango.
300g.
Mustard.
Mayil Tender Mango Pickle.
400g.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Fish Chutney.
200g.
Fish and sesame seeds.
Mayil Kaduku Mango Pickle.
400g.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Crushed Chilly Chutney with Prawn.
200g.
Crustaceans and sesame seeds.
Mayil Prawn Pickle 400g.
400g.
Crustaceans, mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Lemon Pickle
400g.
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Mayil Bitter Gourd Pickle
400g.
Sesame seeds.
Mayil Bitter Gourd Pickle (Home Made)
200g.
Sesame seeds.
Message: Further to FSAI food allergen alerts 2024.A27 and 2024.A28, the affected Mayil products listed in the table below contain certain allergens which are incorrectly declared on the label. This may make the batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of mustard, sesame seeds, fish and/or crustaceans.
Food Safety Authority warn of recall of batch of Kombucha Na Dálaigh due to an elevated alcohol level.
Alert Summary dated Thursday, 15 August 2024
Category 1: For Action Alert Notification: 2024.38 Product Identification: Kombucha Na Dálaigh Sláinte Turmeric, Ginger & Honey; pack size: 330ml, and Kombucha Na Dálaigh Sú Mara Carrageen Moss & Berry; pack size: 330ml Batch Code: 01L; best before: 02/2025 Country Of Origin: Ireland
Message: The above batch of Kombucha Na Dálaigh is being recalled due to an elevated alcohol level. Alcohol is not declared on the label of this product.
In total, 16 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses across Ireland in July 2024, most of which were in our capital city.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that 16 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses during the month of July 2024 for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020. The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE).
Three Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on: Boba Bar (restaurant/café), 139 Parnell Street, Dublin 1. Hartigans (public house), 100 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2. Duud (retailer), Unit 2 Pinewood House, Huntstown Road, Huntstown, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Nine Closure Orders, including one in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on: Riverhouse Café, No 1 Castle Street, Cahir, Co. Tipperary. [Full report can be found here, which indicates am overall failure to implement, and maintain an appropriate food safety culture, which in turn was likely to pose a risk to food safety, and thereby to public health.] The Garden @ The Shannon Bar, Termonbarry, Roscommon. Fayrouz Restaurant, 117 Cork Street, Dublin 8. *Eurasia Supermarket, Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Evergreen Retail Limited (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Humeera Traders Limited (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. *Spice Village Indian Street Food (retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. *Eurasia Supermarket (Closed area: First floor food storage hall & attached kitchen area only), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. *Spice Village Indian Street Food (Closed area – First floor food storage hall & attached kitchen area only)(retailer), Unit 1, Fonthill Retail Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
Three Prohibition Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on: Baltic Market (retailer), 2 Dominic Street, Drogheda, Louth. Goa Indian Spice Kitchen Ltd (takeaway), Unit 103, St Patrick’s Woollen Mills, Douglas, Cork. Select Asia (retailer), Unit 103, St Patrick’s Woollen Mills, Douglas, Cork.
One Prohibition Order was served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on: Quality Foods (butcher shop), 59-61 Dublin Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in July include: Evidence of ongoing cockroach activity, which led to the serving of six Closure Orders on food businesses at one location; live cockroaches found in equipment and on traps in the kitchen area; multiple holes and gaps in the walls along with rodent droppings; a rodent carcass in a snap trap; failure to implement adequate pest control measures; failure to implement an appropriate food safety culture; food with either expired, missing or altered use-by dates; food not thawed safely; food items stored at unsafe temperatures; inadequate regular and thorough cleaning throughout the premises; equipment like meat slicers congealed with fat and stale food debris; continuous failure to maintain consistent cleaning standards; filthy cleaning equipment and cleaning cloths.
Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive, FSAI, emphasised that compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations should be of the highest priority for all food businesses.
“Filthy premises, unsafe food storage and inadequate pest control measures are once again the primary reasons for this month’s Enforcement Orders. These violations demonstrate a total disregard for food safety requirements and highlight the ongoing failure of some food businesses to maintain basic, consistent cleaning practices, and this failure poses a significant risk to public health. Food businesses have a legal responsibility to ensure the safety of the food they produce, distribute or sell by maintaining proper storage temperatures, ensuring staff are properly trained, having stringent hygiene practices and ensuring their food businesses are fully pest proofed. Achieving a strong food safety culture requires continuous and consistent training for all team members”.
Details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website. Closure Orders and Improvement Orders will remain listed in the enforcement reports on the website for a period of three months from the date of when a premises is adjudged to have corrected its food safety issue, with Prohibition Orders being listed for a period of one month from the date the Order was lifted.
Food Safety Authority Of Ireland warn of undeclared almonds in various Eat & Go wraps and burritos.
Alert Summary dated Tuesday, August 13th 2024.
Allergy Alert Notification: 2024.A29. Allergen: Nuts. Product Identification: Eat & Go Thai Style Massaman Wrap; pack size:- 252g. Eat & Go Chipotle Chicken Burrito: pack size:- 247g. Eat & Go Spice Bag Wrap:– pack size: 236g Batch Code: All use by dates up to and including use by 15/08/2024
Message: The above batches of Eat & Go wraps and burritos contain nuts (almonds) which are not declared in the list of ingredients. This may make these batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of nuts (almonds).
These products were sold in the German multinational owned discount supermarket chainknown as Aldi stores.
Our eye in the sky has pictured two attempts to create extra parking spaces in Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, over the past number of days.
Yes, vehicles travelling westward, rushing to exit the centre of Liberty Square, Thurles, have collided with unused chrome bicycle racks/stands.
Local residents report that motorists became anxious to avoid the smell emitted from drains in the area. Sewer gas, causing this current stink, pervades the lower area of Liberty square; when temperature rise over 6°C, and once the wind remains blowing in a north easterly direction; the west end of town remains stench free. Same is possibly a mixture of inorganic gases created by the action of anaerobic bacteria emitted through the towns poorly and recently updated drain system, particularly on the east of the town’s square.
Interesting to note that the first underground sewage and drainage system in Thurles, which then operated stench free, was introduced on 2nd December 1846 in 5 undertakings, as shown hereunder and at a total cost of £1226.00.
To construct 42 perches of sewers from Richd Ryan’s to Derheen, cost £84.
To construct 96 perches of sewers from Danl Dwyer’s to the bridge, cost £192.
To construct 66 perches of sewers from Butler’s Gate to James Maher’s Yard, cost £132.
To construct 9 perches of sewer from the Barracks to the Main Street, cost £185.
To construct 66 perches of covered drain or sewer from the bridge to the turn of the Mall, with a tunnel under the river, and open a drain from the bridge in Thurles to Byrne’s Mill, with a tunnel under Drish River, to carry up the levels for the drains of the town, cost £800.
Hydrogen sulphide (also known as H2S, sewer gas, swamp gas, stink damp, and sour dam is a colourless gas, known for its pungent “rotten egg” odour at low concentrations. It is extremely flammable and highly toxic. It remains a secret as to whether Tipperary Co. Council or our Municipal District Council engineers have undertaken a gas identity safety check, in order to set residents and workers minds at ease. If Hydrogen sulphide is evident, same is rapidly absorbed by the lungs. Since Hydrogen sulphide is slightly heavier than air same may accumulate in enclosed, poorly ventilated, low-lying areas. Prolonged exposure to Hydrogen sulphide, even at relatively low levels, may result in respiratory tract irritation, painful dermatitis and burning eyes.
Note: If you do own a bicycle and you attempt to park same in a Thurles bicycle rack, make sure always to use a centre rack; (the outside racks are really crash bars).
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