Doing a superb job folk’s,thank’s.
I had to report a place a few months ago and the responce was amazing.
The premises was inspected and in fairness to the owner all work was carried out to top standards.
Thank’s again.

Noooo! Not the same Kanum Thai from Mespil road?

I agree over-cleanliness is stupid unless it makes sense, and in fact food safety recommendations for food handlers are more likely to stress hand-washing with soaps and good procedures than anti-bacterial products – which are completely unnecessary and are destroying our environment and immune systems and, along with anti-biotics, creating multi-resistant bugs – it’s simply morally indefensible to use these products. However, in food establishments serious bugs do need to be considered – the ones that will make you very sick and food establishments need stricter standards than home.

The thing is though that we have less skilled and experienced people working in the food industry than in the olden days, when you might be an apprentice and learn about common sense safe practice and then stay in a job for a long time putting that learning into practice. Now it seems more common to have staff who do things that make no sense, like thinking that if you wear plastic gloves in food service you can handle all sorts of things and magically avoid cross-contamination. In fact, as the authority states, wearing those plastic gloves tends to make the hands underneath more damp and conducive to bacteria growing, that are released when you take off the gloves. Particularly depressing to see staff who have been told to change to new plastic gloves for each new customer – absolutely crazy stuff!

It’s back to hand-washing again and maybe using utensils to, for example, scoop fillings for sandwiches. I shudder in a sandwich shop when the assistant handles slimy ham and then the cheese for my veggie sandwich, or worst of all handles food and then takes your money with the same hand (sometimes thinking it is OK as they are wearing the magic plastic gloves – a stupid mis-understanding) – this practice is dangerous and against the regulations but is seen in the majority of sandwich joints – so there is a real need for more enforcement. The problem is that money is handled so much and bugs and bacteria are passed from hand to note and on to the next person, so that a person who is handling both money and food all day is putting your food at a very high risk indeed of having nasty bacteria and viruses on it – bit like having hundreds of people put their fingers in your mouth – that’s why it’s against the regulations!

More difficult if you can’t see the kitchen, but if you do see people in sandwich shops handling both food and cash, ask them do they know it is illegal and if they don’t respond, vote with your feet guys!

The FSAI have been over policing this industry for years. Yes you should have basic hygiene standards but they have created a sub industry within the industry where chefs look more familiar with a clipboard and pen in their hands instead of knives. And people wonder why eating out is so expensive in Ireland.

Ok, I’m all for food hygiene and I’ll admit I’d be the first to run a mile if I saw something dodgy in a restaurant/take away, but at the same time, look at the food hygiene standards years ago, there were none. A quick splash of water is all anything got and it didn’t harm the likes of my grandparents etc… We’re possibly overdoing it to the point that we’re killing our immune systems. Just sayin…. :/

And the academy award for most dramatic performance on a news article goes to…… Arch Archwhatever!!!

I think I may have stated at the beginning of my comment that I would be the first to run a mile from such establishments but I was merely pointing out that our elders survived quite well without such standards!!! :/

I would love to send these so called inspectors to Bangkok for instance.
Inspect the street food which is served 24/7 out in the open.
Been there many times and still alive.
The best of food…
Are these Irish inspectors filling a gap in the unemployment statistics??
Ok. Food hygiene is important. But I have dined in many Irish establishments over the years. Joints that should have been closed down…PERIOD.
Not so though. W h y ?