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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) have welcomed the outcome of a District Court prosecution yesterday, taken against Mr Domenico Venditti, the former operator of the Domenico Take-Away, in Newcastle village, Co. Tipperary.
The District Court prosecution in Clonmel arose from four separate breaches of a Closure Order and other offences observed at the premises. The Closure Order was served on September 8th 2021 in relation to non-compliance with food legislation, with Mr Venditti pleading guilty to a total of nine charges brought by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. These included:-
- Inadequate procedures to control pests.
- Failure to keep the premises clean.
- Failure to protect food against contamination.
- Holding foods at unsafe temperatures.
- Lack of adequate hand washing facilities.
- No evidence of regular hand washing.
- Failure to keep the premises clean on September 8th, 2021 in breach of the EC (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2006.
- Failure to comply with a Closure Order on September 17th, 2021.
- Failure to comply with a Closure Order on September 10th, 2021.
The Court found that the premises was run in an unhygienic way and expressed significant concern that Mr Venditti continued to trade in breach of the Closure Order, showing blatant disregard for the function of the FSAI.
The Court imposed the following penalties:-
Failure to keep the premises clean – Imprisonment for a term of three months.
Failure to comply with a Closure Order (17th September 2021) – Imprisonment for a further term of three months to run consecutively with the sentence imposed above.
Failure to comply with a Closure Order (10th September 2021) – Fine of €500 to be paid within 12 months.
Mr Venditti was also ordered to pay €2,500 towards the FSAI’s court costs.
Speaking following court proceedings, Dr Pamela Byrne (Chief Executive, FSAI) stated: “The ruling today sends a strong message to food businesses that non-compliance with food safety legislation will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Consumers have a right to safe food and today’s ruling has a positive outcome for consumers in Ireland”.
Lest thou forget, Holycross Village Market is up, running and fully open for business tomorrow, Saturday April 30th from from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
This week they boast a full house of some 30 vendors, both old favourites and new enterprising individuals.
A special welcome for Steve (New York) with his Wood Fired Pizza, who will be present, and is sure to get a big ‘Village Market welcome’ from both consumers and venders alike.
Come along and browse the lovely art and crafts stalls and take home some of their organic local fresh produce; including fruit, vegetables, meats and artisan bakes, to savour during this coming week.
Unable to make it tomorrow; not to worry this market will run, bi weekly, until December 10th, 2020 next with lots of interesting events and surprises coming along the way.
The market welcomes new traders throughout the year, while continuing to anchor a core group of valued old friends.
Note: As part of Holycross Village Market’s new initiative to network with local businesses, they are delighted to have Holycross Ballycahill GAA on board this week. Observe the poster above which will see raffled, at the market tomorrow (Saturday, April 30th), a Gym Membership for the John Doyle Centre Gym, Holycross, Co. Tipperary.
The Republic of Ireland’s Department of Health, today has confirmed 2000 new cases of Covid-19, within the past 24 hours.
Same figure represents 980 PCR-confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,020 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.
The Republic of Ireland’s Department of Health also confirms that the number of patients with coronavirus, in its hospitals across the country, has fallen to 378 a reduction of 34 patients on yesterdays reported figure.
There are 39 patients being treated in intensive care units with the virus, an increase of 3 since yesterday.
Sadly, a further 11 deaths have also been reported today, bringing our total number of deaths to 7,087, as of today, April 29th 2022
The Department of Health, here in the Republic Of Ireland, today has confirmed 2,370 new cases of coronavirus; same figure comprising 1,149 PCR-confirmed cases, while 1,221 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.
This morning, the number of patients with Covid-19 in hospitals has been reduced to 412 today, with 36 patients receiving treatment in intensive care units.
In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has confirmed a further 355 positive cases of the virus in the past 24-hour period. There were 348 Covid-positive patients in hospital, with 4 patients in intensive care units.
Sadly, 2 further deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland, all of whom had previously tested positive for Covid-19.
Sadly, with a further 26 deaths reported here in the Irish Republic today (April 27th); according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), despite our welcome current downward trend in virus infections, it is expected that the Irish mainland will see yet another surge in Covid-19 infections, within the coming four to six week period.
Dr. David Nabarro the World Health Organisations special envoy on Covid-19, warns that hospitals in Ireland are likely to face quite a lot of illness yet again, as case numbers begin to trend upwards once more.
He further warned that we can expect new surges possibly every three months.
The Department of Health, here in the Republic Of Ireland, today has confirmed 2,307 new cases of coronavirus; same figure comprising 982 PCR-confirmed cases, with 1,325 positive tests logged on through the HSE portal.
This morning, there were 436 people in our Republic’s hospitals, with the virus, a welcome decrease of 43 patients since yesterday, with 38 positive cases currently in our intensive care units (ICU), latter an increase of 5 since yesterday.
Northern Ireland today reported a further 365 new Covid cases and sadly 1 more death.
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