Four restaurants and takeaways in Dublin and Limerick were closed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) during August.
So far this year, 33 closure orders, six improvement orders and six prohibition orders have been served by the authority for breaches of food safety legislation.
Closure orders were served by environmental health officers in the Northern Area Health Board on Golden Tandoori takeaway, All Saints Park, Raheny, Dublin ; Shimla Restaurant, Weavers Row, Clonsilla, Dublin; and Tong Liang Restaurant, Moore Lane, Dublin.
A closure order was also served by environmental health officers in the Mid-Western Health Board on the Great Wall takeaway, Kileely Road, Kileely, Limerick.
Closure orders are served when it is deemed that there is, or is likely to be, a grave and immediate danger to public health, according to the FSAI.
A prohibition order was served by veterinary inspectors of Louth County Council on S&E Meats/Ballyoran Meats, Greenacres, Avenue Road, Dundalk.
This order is subject of an appeal to the District Court.
A prohibition order is issued if the activities of a food business involve, or are likely to involve, a serious risk to public health from a particular product, class, batch or item of food.
The effect is to prohibit the sale of the product, either temporarily or permanently.
Mr Peter Whelan, director of service contracts with the FSAI, said yesterday the authority wanted 100 per cent compliance with food safety regulations.
Mr Whelan said: "While the number of closures each month remains small, the fact that there are any at all is not helping to build confidence in the safety of Irish food.
"Consumers need to have confidence in the entire food chain. A food safety management plan is not difficult to implement, and it is disappointing that the same easily-preventable faults are continuing to contribute to closures.
"Most businesses are committed to high standards for the health of their customers and the good of their business.
"For those without that commitment, we hope that the threat of being closed and publication on the FSAI website will be an incentive to push businesses to maintain proper standards," Mr Whelan concluded.