About & independence

BeforeYouEat.ie is an independent website and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland or any public authority. We publish information drawn from official FSAI enforcement reports, archived reports and press releases. Records describe enforcement actions taken on specified dates. They are not food-hygiene ratings or assessments of a business's current condition. A historical Closure Order does not mean that a business remains closed. Official source documents are linked where available. For corrections and right of reply, contact info@beforeyoueat.ie.

Where the records come from

• The FSAI's current enforcement reports for closure, prohibition and improvement orders and prosecutions.
• Archived copies of those reports kept by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
• The FSAI's monthly enforcement press releases, from the current fsai.ie and archived copies of the former site.

The archive is not complete. Some months have no surviving press release, and older records may give only the month an order was served.

How to read a record

Every status is dated. “Recorded as in force” means the order appeared on the FSAI report of the date shown. “Lifted” is shown only when an FSAI publication gives a lifted date. If an order no longer appears on the FSAI's list and no lifted date was published, its current status is shown as not independently verified, with the last published status and its date.

See also our editorial standards, corrections and right of reply and privacy notice.