Food Safety Authority of Ireland recall all foods from EB Food Essentials, due to production in, and/or sold from, an unregistered establishment.
Alert Summary dated Friday, December 12th 2025.
Category 1: For Action Alert Notification: 2025.70 Product Identification: All food products produced by and/or sold by EB Food Essentials, Coolanagh, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. Please see table below for examples of some affected products, however, this is not an exhaustive list. All pack sizes are implicated. Batch Code: All batch numbers and all expiry dates.
Message: All food products produced by and/or sold by EB Food Essentials, Coolanagh, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois are subject to recall, as they were produced in and/or sold from an unregistered establishment, which is not subject to official controls. Recall notices should be displayed at point-of-sale.
Nature Of Danger: The food was produced in and/or sold from an establishment that was not subject to official controls, and as such, it is not possible to confirm the food was manufactured in compliance with all relevant food safety legislation. Therefore, as a precaution, the implicated products are being recalled to ensure consumer safety.
Action Required:Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, caterers & retailers: Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated products from sale and should display recall notices at point-of-sale. Wholesalers/Distributors: are requested to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated products and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retailer customers. Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat any products from EB Food Essentials.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) served fourteen Closure Orders on food businesses during the month of November; two of which relate to premises in Tipperary, due to breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020.
Eight Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on: The Bridge House(Closed area: Storage Room and Back Bar area)(Public House), Corner of Persses-Lot & Main St (N74), Golden, Co. Tipperary. Bodega Cafe @ Inspire (Service Sector), Unit 12M, Ard Gaoithe Business Park, Cashel Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. McHales Catering Base and Stretford End Bar(Closed areas: Main kitchen and all storage areas behind the kitchen including food storage and food preparation areas)(Restaurant/Café), Drumkeen Causeway, Co. Kerry. Big Johns(Take Away), Main Street, Upper Mohill, Co. Leitrim. Umami(Retailer), 76 Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. United Foods(Wholesaler/ Distributor), 76 Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. The Mekong(Take Away), 307 Swords Road, Santry, Dublin 9. The Glendalough Hotel, Glendalough, Wicklow.
Six Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
Trading as Enzos(Take Away), 87 Parnell Street, Dublin 1. Coffee Shack(Take Away)(Closed area: The room in the building being used as a food store, at the rear of the Coffee Shack), Station Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo . Akanchawa Honey Pot(Restaurant/ Café), Unit 39, Coolmine Industrial Estate, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. A.M.K Sushi(Take Away), Domestic Kitchen at Moynalty Road, Kells, Co. Meath. Benny’s Kitchen(Service Sector/ Residential), Domestic Kitchen at Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15. Cruncheesz(Take Away), Cavan Road, Oldcastle, Co. Meath.
Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in November include: rodent infestation in the main food preparation area with rodent droppings throughout the main kitchen area and an old rodent carcass in a bar area; both dead and live cockroaches visible in the staff kitchen; food business not registered with the HSE; kebab slab removed from the rotisserie grill at close of business each night and held at ambient temperatures until the food business reopened the following day; cigarette butts noted in the food preparation area in old food containers; the ponding of a grey sludge-like material from the discharge pipe leading from the potato preparation area which may serve as an attractant for pests; unidentifiable food stored in plastic shopping bags in a chest freezer; floors, walls and ceilings covered in dirt, grime and cobwebs; no labelling on any of the cooked food in the fridge/freezer; staff not demonstrating adequate knowledge of the basic principles of food safety.
Mr Greg Dempsey, Chief Executive, FSAI, said that November’s Enforcement Orders serve as a reminder that all food businesses must maintain the highest standards of food safety and hygiene at all times and especially during the busy Christmas and new year periods.
“Consumers have a right to safe food, and there is a personal responsibility on owners, managers, and all employees to comply with food safety legal requirements at all times. During the busy festive period, it is especially important that food businesses have proper procedures in place to manage increased demands and pressures. All food businesses must comply with their legal requirement to notify the competent authorities prior to operating to ensure there are adequate food safety processes, procedures and facilities in place.”
“Takeaway businesses account for almost a quarter of all businesses served with Enforcement Orders so far in 2025. To support this sector, the FSAI has launched a dedicated section on its website for starting and running a takeaway business. The resource includes guidance tailored specifically to takeaway operations, highlights the most frequent compliance issues in Ireland, and provides practical advice on how to prevent and control them,” added Mr Dempsey.
Separately, during the month of October one prosecution was taken by the Health Service Executive in relation to: The Green Ways Café, Main Street, Nobber, Meath.
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.
Recall of specific batches of Disaronno Originale, due to possible presence of micro-fragments of glass.
Alert Summary dated Monday, December 8th 2025.
Category 1: For Action Alert Notification: 2025.69 Product Identification: Disaronno Originale; pack size: 700ml; EAN: 8001110016303 Batch Code: 25371, 25372 Country Of Origin: Italy
Message: Specific batches of Disaronno Originale are being recalled due to possible presence of micro-fragments of glass within the bottle. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
Action Required:Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Distributors, Caterers & Retailers: Retailers are requested to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.
Consumers: Consumers are advised not to drink the implicated batches.
Recall of all batches of MossEntials Irish Sea Moss Gel and Sea Moss Sublime Sea Moss Gel products due to production in an unregistered establishment.
Alert SummaryMonday, December 8th, 2025.
Category 1: For Action. Alert Notification: 2025.68. Product Identification: Please see table below for product details. Batch Code: All batches and best-before dates. Country Of Origin: Ireland.
Message: The below MossEntials Irish Sea Moss Gel and Sea Moss Sublime Sea Moss Gel products are subject to recall as they were produced in an unregistered establishment which is not subject to official controls. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
Product name.
Pack size
Moss Entials Wild Crafted Irish Sea Moss Gel Original.
314g.
Moss Entials Wild Crafted Irish Sea Moss Gel Pineapple.
Nature Of Danger: The food was produced in an establishment that was not subject to official controls and as such it is not possible to confirm the food was manufactured in compliance with all relevant food safety legislation. Therefore, as a precaution the product is being recalled to ensure consumer safety.
Action Required: Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Distributors, Caterers & Retailers: Retailers: are requested to remove the implicated products from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.
Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated products.
Landmark US case seen as “a warning shot” for Ireland and EU food policy.
Earlier this month, the European Commission has recalled consignments of frozen Brazilian beef products imported into the EU, after it was found they contained hormones banned by the bloc. The banned hormones were detected in shipments that arrived into Europe earlier this month.
Co. Tipperary and Irish public health advocates are calling on the Government and EU institutions to accelerate action on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), following a landmark lawsuit filed this week, by the City of San Francisco against some of the world’s biggest food manufacturers.
And now, a case, taken by San Francisco; the first of its kind brought by a public authority, alleges that companies including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Nestlé and others engineered and aggressively marketed ultra-processed products while knowing they were driving a crisis in obesity and chronic disease, in breach of unfair competition and public nuisance laws.
Ultra-Processed Meat.
Various groups promoting healthy diets in Ireland claim that the lawsuit should be “a wake-up call” for Ireland, where research shows ultra-processed foods account for around 45.9% of the average household shopping basket, placing the Irish State in line with the highest consumers in Europe.
What San Francisco is saying, very clearly, is that this is not just about individual willpower, it’s about products and marketing strategies that put profit before people’s health.
Ireland has one of the highest levels of overweight and obesity in Europe. We cannot ignore the role of an increasingly ultra-processed food environment in that picture.
According to the HSE and recent national surveys, around 60% of Irish adults and over one in five children are now living with overweight or obesity.
The San Francisco lawsuit draws heavily on emerging international evidence, including a major Lancet series published last month, which found consistent associations between high UPF intake and increased risks of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, some cancers, depression and premature death.
The message is that ultra-processed foods are not just empty calories, they are strongly linked with chronic disease across multiple organ systems. Ireland cannot afford to be a bystander while other jurisdictions start to hold industry to account.
While Ireland has introduced measures such as the sugar-sweetened drinks tax and restrictions on marketing high-fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods to children, the various groups promoting healthy diets, note that current rules focus mainly on nutrients, not on the degree of processing or the cumulative impact of additives, texture engineering and aggressive branding.
At EU level, the Farm to Fork Strategy includes a commitment to a harmonised, mandatory front-of-pack nutrition label and stronger nutrient profiles to restrict health and nutrition claims on unhealthy products. However, progress has been slow and does not yet directly address ultra-processing as such.
Various groups promoting healthy diets are urging the Irish Government to:
Back strong EU-wide front-of-pack labelling that is easy to understand and compatible with emerging evidence on UPFs;
Tighten marketing rules, particularly digital advertising and brand promotions aimed at children, to cover ultra-processed categories rather than just narrow nutrient thresholds;
Set clear procurement standards so that publicly funded schemes – including school meals, hospitals and other State services – progressively move away from serving ultra-processed products as default options;
Monitor and report the proportion of the Irish food supply and advertising spend accounted for by ultra-processed products.
Ireland now needs to recognise the same underlying problem: a food system where the cheapest, most available and most heavily promoted options are the very products most closely linked with long-term illness.
People in Ireland now has a choice, to wait and react, or to lead in protecting people’s health.
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