We're all stuck in the gaff, right? Work from home is just a thing now that we all do wherever possible. Unfortunately, however, that isn't really meant to extend to restaurants and takeaways, as a trio of Dublin sushi takeaways found out this week.
Koi Sushi, Nagoya Sushi and Kyoto Sushi were shut down by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) after it was discovered that they had been operating their business out of the upstairs bedroom of a house in Santry.
Obviously, the conditions of someone's back bedroom aren't really in line with the health and safety standards that we've come to expect from professional catering operations - no matter what you think of the late night kebab options at your local chipper, there is a base line for these things. Like you wouldn't cook food for yourself in your bedroom, unless you're that one weirdo housemate who gets a kettle and a toaster and brings it to their room.
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"Running a food business that has not been registered and is therefore, not supervised is totally unacceptable and poses a very serious risk to consumers' health," said FSAI chief executive Dr Pamela Byrne.
"In these instances, the unregistered businesses were producing sushi without any hygiene or temperature controls. Sushi is a very high-risk product because it contains raw fish which must be kept chilled to reduce the growth of dangerous bacteria."
"It can also contain cooked rice, which is a ready-to-eat product that must be kept chilled. In these instances, the absence of a food safety management system, no monitoring of the cold chain and no evidence of traceability of raw ingredients posed a grave and immediate danger to consumer health."
When the food inspectors arrived in Santry to inspect the premises, they found that "no safety management system in place for the production of sushi" were in place, which is consistent with it being someone's gaff and not a restaurant.
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