Despite the economic downturn, there has been a 5% increase in the number of food businesses established in Ireland over the last five years, currently standing at over 46,000. Queries to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) advice line service suggest a strong level of interest among people pursuing new food business ideas with 1,278 business start-up queries over the past 12 months – the majority of these coming from people wishing to start a food business from home.
To assist those working in small food businesses or those who are thinking of setting up a food business, the FSAI is holding a free ‘Small Food Business Start-Up Seminar’ with the aim of making it easier for new food businesses to get up and running and helping them to comply with all the relevant food safety requirements.
The seminar takes place from 8:00am to 12:30am on Wednesday 29th January 2014 at Chartered Accountants House, 47-49 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Registration and further information is available here
The half-day seminar will bring together experts to explore everything from registering a new food business, food product development, food safety training requirements, setting up a food safety management system, labelling regulations, traceability, the food recall process, inspections and the information resources available from the FSAI. There will be a number of Q&A sessions throughout the morning and experts will be available after the event closes for further discussion.
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