Environmental health officers served 16 closure orders and one prohibition order on food businesses last month.

They were for breaches of food safety legislation.

Nine closure orders were served under the FSAI Act, while seven were under EC regulations.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) expressed disappointment at the high number of orders and the lack of vigilance by some owners in ensuring their food businesses are fit for purpose and fully compliant.

Commenting on the high level of enforcement orders in July, Dr Pamela Byrne, FSAI CEO, said: "While the vast majority of food businesses are compliant with food safety legislation, unfortunately we continue to encounter cases where consumers’ health is put at risk through a failure to comply with food safety and hygiene requirements."

"These breaches are completely avoidable when food businesses have proper food safety management systems in place".

Nine Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

Mad Cow Milkshakes, Burgers & Kebabs (take away), 1 Annamoe Road, Cabra, Dublin 7

Bay Fish and Chips (restaurant), Main Street, Liscannor, Clare

Molloys (public house), 59 Talbot Street, Dublin 1

Casa De Burritos (restaurant), Unit C, Woodquay, Ennis, Clare

Rockin Joe’s (restaurant), 115 O’Connell St, Limerick

The Ice Box – Balbriggan (off licence), Castlemill Shopping Centre, Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, County Dublin

Spring Chinese Restaurant, 83 Main Street, Mallow, Cork

The Crescent View Restaurant, Crescent Quay, Wexford

CFM Catering Limited (food packers), Knockhouse, Gracedieu, Waterford

Seven Closure Orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:

Tropicway Wholesale/Retail (grocery) (closed activity: decanting, blending & packaging of foodstuffs in the first floor room), 9-10 Academy Street, Navan, Meath (first of two Closure Orders served on Tropicway Wholesale/Retail in July)

Tropicway Wholesale/Retail (grocery), 9-10 Academy Street, Navan, Meath (second of two Closure Orders served on Tropicway Wholesale/Retail in July)

Lisa’s Trattoria (restaurant), 81 Terenure Road North, Terenure, Dublin 6W

Castlemill Roma Take Away, Unit 7, Castlemill Shopping Centre, Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, County Dublin

La Trattoria (restaurant), Stone Court, Roscommon Town, Roscommon

Blackwater Lodge Hotel (closed activity: all food preparation and service activities in and from the kitchen and ancillary areas), The Square, Blackwater, Enniscorthy, Wexford

Jojo’s Chinese Restaurant, 104 Parnell Street, Dublin 1

One Prohibition Order was served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on: