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11 Aug 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 3 minutes read
Pest Control: A Named Cause of Closure Orders
Pest infestation is one of the breaches the FSAI names behind Ireland's closure orders. It builds slowly, in the places nobody looks — which is what makes a scheduled check worth so much.
11 Aug 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 3 minutes read
Fitness to Work: When a Food Handler Has to Stay Home
The most effective food safety control in any kitchen costs nothing: a sick food handler who does not come in. Why the rule exists and how to make it workable.
11 Aug 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 3 minutes read
Cooling Food Safely: The Step Most Kitchens Rush
Cooking gets all the attention. Cooling is where more food actually becomes unsafe — because it happens after service, when everyone wants to go home.
11 Aug 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 3 minutes read
Could You Trace a Batch in an Hour?
Traceability sounds like a large-manufacturer problem until the day a supplier calls. What a small Irish food business needs to be able to answer, and how fast.
30 Jul 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 2 minutes read
Personal Hygiene for Food Handlers: The Rules That Keep Customers Safe
Handwashing moments, the 48-hour rule, blue plasters and phones: the personal hygiene controls every Irish food handler must live by.
26 Jul 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 2 minutes read
Cleaning Schedules That Actually Get Followed — and Pass Inspection
Clean-then-sanitise, contact times, named responsibilities and the records EHOs read — how to build a cleaning schedule that works.
22 Jul 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 2 minutes read
The Temperature Danger Zone: The Numbers Every Food Handler Must Know
5 to 63°C is where bacteria multiply fastest. Fridge, cooking, reheating, hot-holding and cooling numbers for Irish kitchens — and how to prove them.
18 Jul 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 2 minutes read
Cross-Contamination: The Kitchen Habits That Cause It — and How to Break Them
Food-to-food, surface-to-food, people-to-food: the three routes of cross-contamination and the kitchen habits that shut them down.
04 Jul 2026
HACCP & Food Safety - 11 minutes read
HACCP in 2026: What Every Irish Food Business Needs to Know
HACCP is the legal backbone of food safety in Ireland. What it requires, what's new for 2026, and the self-audit that keeps you inspection-ready.