Ireland -Cork restaurant owners ‘devastated’ at temporary safety order closure for Son of a Bun -E.coli

Irish Examiner

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“While no pathogens were found in the food chain at the restaurant,four staff have tested positive to carrying bacteria linked with e.coli, while not being ill themselves or presenting with any symptoms.”

The restaurant owners said that the business is closed “while a thorough sanitisation is completed and staff will be trained again in food safety and procedures”.

“We are all devastated by this news. It is a really difficult time for all concerned. Of utmost importance is public safety and we are working day and night to resolve this situation,” the statement from the O’Regans said.

When it opened last October, the owners said Son of a Bun was “the only restaurant approved by the HSE to serve burgers cooked pink”.

However a spokesperson for the HSE yesterday said that it does not award approval to restaurants wishing to serve rare or medium-rare burgers.

It is understood that Son of a Bun will no longer serve the ‘pink’ burgers when the MacCurtain St restaurant reopens.

“No approval system exists within the HSE whereby premises would be approved to serve pink burgers,” a spokesperson said.