Newly food safety regulations, updated last month, could shut down the Venus de Milo restaurant and banquet hall by suspending its license to operate.

The restaurant and Swansea's Board of Health have been at odds in recent months over issues of food safety, including allegations that it served "raw chicken." The town issued a first license suspension in March, which was successfully appealed. It issued another suspension on May 14 on the grounds that the restaurant was not providing certain food safety logs, then issued a cease-and-desist order on May 19 to Venus De Milo owner Monte Ferris.

But per the town's new food safety rules which came into effect April 9, restaurants can only appeal license suspensions once. Another license suspension cannot be appealed, which shuts the doors indefinitely.

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