Events

Breakfast Bites are a series of free, informal breakfast meetings for small food businesses. Here, we provide useful information on the topics you want to know more about. These events are very helpful if you own or work in a small food business and

Sustainability within the food and drinks processing and manufacturing sector has never been more important! For many years larger organisations have been realising the fact that environmental policies and energy efficiencies within processing is dir

The FSA’s Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is holding an open workshop on novel foods in London on Wednesday 20 November 2013, 1pm - 4.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, including members of the public. The closing date for a

This free seminar will provide the latest updates on new food labelling rules set out in the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, as well as the most recent information on which nutrition and health claims are permitted in the

The safefood Listeria Knowledge Networks Annual Conference will take place in Dublin on Wednesday 20th November 2013. Details to follow.

This year, the internationally recognised Listeria experts Prof Martin Weidman and Dr Dagmar Schroder will be pres

The Department of the Environment’s soon to be published waste management strategy “Delivering Resource Efficiency” sets the strategic direction for waste policy in Northern Ireland. Within this context, the Department is consulting on proposals to i

The workshop will focus on screening methods (SCAN-Test) for registered antibiotics as well as confirmatory methods using LC-MS/MS. Time will be dedicated to EU regulations and strategies for screening, identification, confirmation and quantification

Antibiotics such as tetracyclines, quinolones, macrolides, sulphonamides and penicillins are frequently used in animal husbandry for the treatment and prevention of diseases. To avoid undesired residues of these substances in food, maximum residue li

The Institute of Food and Health at University College Dublin is hosting a workshop to present the findings of a three-year long project aimed at estimating the human exposure to veterinary drug residues in the diet. Dietary surveys as provided by th

This is a time of significant change within local government. And at the same time, the challenges and threats to protecting and improving health and wellbeing in areas such as agri-food, the natural and built environment, lifestyle, society, and the

In line with the concept of previous events, RAFA 2013 will provide the overview and initiate scientific discussions focused on novel analytical and bioanalytical approaches in food quality and safety, food authenticity and food integrity. Strategies

Date: Tuesday 22nd October 2013

Venue: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15

Time: 08.30 – 12.30

Big Ideas for SMEs

A showcase of ideas for ambitious food enterprises - find out about our research & development activities, technologies and sup

The Food Safety Consultative Council of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) acts as a forum for debate on food safety issues and provides advice to the FSAI Board on areas of relevance. It is a constructive vehicle for consumers and industry

Food Manufacture's new one-day food safety conference - ‘What have we learnt?'- will use the recent horsemeat scandal as  the basis for investigating a number of changes to how the industry regulates itself and the way it is policed in the future on

The safefood VTEC Knowledge Networks Annual Conference will take place on Thursday 17th October 2013 at the Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15.

List of Presentations available here

Invited speakers include:

Pina Fratamico of the Agricultur

Meeting of 2013 FHN Plants, Food and Health Expertise Cluster

DATE: Tuesday 15 October
TOPIC: “Diet and healthy aging – encompassing satiety and metabolism”
VENUE: Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ

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Event Date: 10- 11 October 2013

Location: The Printworks, Dublin Castle

Conference Overview  

Biotechnology in general and GMO/Modern biotechnology in particular is considered a key technology of the 21st century. GMO technology is an enabling technolog

The  European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is holding a conference on Transparency in Risk Assessment on 3  October 2013 in Parma, Italy, from 09:00 to 16:15.

The conference is part of an  initiative EFSA launched in January 2013, designed to facilita

Shellfish Regional Information Sessions are a series of free, informal meetings for official agency officers and staff, BIM and the shellfish industry. They will be held around the coast in September and October this year. The events are an opportuni

Meeting for the FHN Food Safety Expertise Cluster.

FOOD CHAIN SAFETY CLUSTER MEETING:
DATE: Thursday 26 September
TOPIC: “Risk Assessment” – possible WEBINAR
VENUE: Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich  NR4 7UA

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