'Inadequate personal hygiene': popular local takeaway hit with closure order
A letter seen by the Waterford News & Star, which was sent to Bombay Kebab House by the HSE, found the takeaway to be in breach of the requirement to keep food premises "clean and maintained in good repair and condition".
A popular local takeaway on the Waterford border has been hit by a closure order.
Bombay Kebab House based on Bridge Street in Carrick-on-Suir has been shuttered by the Health Service Executive after an inspection found evidence of the kitchen being in an "unclean condition".
The popular takeaway was found to be in breach of the European Union Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation Regulations of 2020.
A letter seen by the Waterford News & Star, which was sent to Bombay Kebab House by the HSE, found the takeaway to be in breach of the requirement to keep food premises "clean and maintained in good repair and condition", with the inspector saying the "premises was in an unclean condition overall".
The inspector further noted that "poor hygiene practices" were observed during the inspection, such as "poor cleaning; instances of poor temperature control; inadequate personal hygiene".
The inspector noted that there was an "absence of temperature monitoring" and that there was an absence of allergen information, which it said was indicative of a lack of effective training for food handlers.
Bombay Kebab House, the HSE letter said, showed "no evidence of any documented food safety management system based on the HACCP principles" and "potentially high-risk, ready-to-eat foods (and other cooked foods) were found at potentially unsafe temperatures".
These included "cooked chicken pieces at 10.4 C in the countertop refrigerator in the pizza preparation area"; "cut lettuce at 15.6 C in the kebab preparation area", and "garlic sauce at 18.2 C".
The takeaway was also found to be in breach of the article requiring, "all articles, fittings and equipment with which food comes into contact are to be effectively cleaned and, where necessary, disinfected. Cleaning and disinfection are to take place at a frequency sufficient to avoid any risk of contamination".
The letter from the HSE said the "business has a long history of non-compliance with food safety regulatory requirements" and "demonstrates a clear lack of management commitment to ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements".
The closure order for the business operated by IAF Restaurant Ltd was lifted at the start of March.
