A grocery shop in Roscommon has reopened after being forced to shut due to several health and safety violations.
The Ballaghderreen Grocery Store was slapped with a closure order after a visit by a Heath Service Executive inspector in December.
It is understood that the closure order was issued to the retailer by the HSE on December 14, but was then lifted just two days later.
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The order was served to the owner, Mr. Abid Hussain after a routine inspection found that it was in violation of five hygiene regulations.
In the official report, seen by the Irish Mirror, they described what they found inside the shop that prompted them to close the premises
In one instance, they said: "Twenty cardboard boxes and one opened bin of uncovered animal (meat) waste were stored outside the back door of the premises on a trolley.
"This waste had started to emanate malodours. Arrangements were not in place for prompt disposal of this waste; the waste was an attraction for vermin as it was uncovered and easily accessible for pests to feed off."
In other parts of the shop, machinery was left unwashed. The report read: "The mincer head was stored in the cold room wrapped in a plastic bag but had yet to be cleaned since last use the previous day.
"A toilet brush was stored under the wash-up sink for cleaning the mincer head despite being advised this was not a suitable cleaning aid on my previous inspection."
In another point, they said that the food worker/shop operative "did not maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness".
The report added that: "Water was not supplied to the rear sink which, I was advised on my previous inspection, was used for filling and emptying of mop buckets."
They also found that animal waste was stored outside the back door of the shop, uncovered in cardboard boxes.
Elsewhere, more boxes of animal waste were evident on the floor of the switched-off freezer room.
The report added that general maintenance was 'very poor' as they continued: "Work surfaces were not maintained in clean, hygienic condition. Woollen gloves, non-food items such as phone chargers, and dirty soiled tea towels were left on worktops."
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