Hundreds of food products pulled from popular shop in Tipperary following HSE inspection

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) served five Closure Orders and five Prohibition Orders on food businesses during the month of September for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020.

Among those five Prohibition Orders, a popular retailer in Tipperary came under fire by the HSE as nearly 300 food products were removed from the premises to be destroyed.

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Nearby Cashel, located at 3 Main Street, Cashel, county Tipperary, was served a Prohibition Order on September 3, 2025, for failing to comply with particular food legislation.

During the inspection, the authorised officer from the HSE ordered that some of the food that was being sold on the premises was:

• Not used for human consumption
• Restricted or prohibited from being placed on the market
• Withdrawn from sale (whether or not the product is on the market for sale in the State or elsewhere)
• Recalled from sale or distribution (whether or not the food is on sale or being or has been distributed for sale in
  the State or elsewhere)

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• As appropriate in the interests of public health, is rendered safe for human consumption or detained or
  destroyed in a manner prescribed by the authorised officer: Products to be removed from their
  wrapping/packaging for disposal or packs to be opened prior to disposal.

Among the foods that were deemed unsafe for human consumption included packets of cooked ham, chicken, rashers, cheese, yoghurts, cream, milk, butter, and ice-cream.

Evidence of non-compliance noted by the inspecting officer included:

• Chilled and frozen foods were being kept at potentially unsafe temperatures.
• Chilled foods were being held at potentially unsafe temperatures of up to +14.4°C
• Frozen foods had thawed, were soft to touch, and were at potentially unsafe temperatures of up to +7.6°C

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• There were no HACCP based temperature monitoring procedures in place and no corrective action had been taken by the food business operator in response to these potentially unsafe temperatures prior to the inspection.

The Prohibition Order took immediate effect following the HSE's inspection. You can read the full report here.