Doubling of restaurants served with enforcement orders

THE number of restaurants or canteens falling foul of health inspectors more than doubled last year.

Officials served 19 establishments with enforcement orders in 2007 compared with just eight the year before.

Figures from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) have revealed that 57 food businesses — also including shops, cafes and sandwich bars — were served with legal orders last year for flouting hygiene standards.