Hotel and two abattoirs receive closure orders

TWO abattoirs and a Cork hotel were recently issued with closure orders because the premises posed a grave and immediate danger to public health.

A total of seven enforcement orders were served on food premises last month, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland - a decrease of four on the same period in 2001.

The service section of the Hilltop Hotel in Youghal, Co Cork including a restaurant was also shutdown on August 1 following inspection by officials from the Southern Health Board.