The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today revealed national attitudinal research that shows from a food regulatory perspective, food allergens and ingredients labelling is the number one concern for Irish food businesses. The research surveye
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As a precautionary measure Tesco is initiating a recall of four flavours of Tesco Finest Fruit Presse 750 ml (best before end March 2020) due to fermentation.
Listeria and Campylobacter both increased this past year in Ireland, according to figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The number of listeriosis patients was the highest since the disease became notifiable in 2004. More than 3,000
Irish police searched seven sites this past week as part of an investigation into horse meat fraud.
The Gardai (Irish police), officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) co
Seven premises in five counties have been searched by gardaí investigating suspected contamination of horse meat for export.
The National Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating if meat from horses that should not have been processed for co
Everyone has the right to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Still today, almost one in ten people in the world fall ill after eating contaminated food. When food is not safe, children cannot learn, adults cannot work. Human development cannot tak
Two in 5 Europeans take a personal interest in food safety and only 1 in 5 say it is their main concern when choosing food. For most Europeans it is one of several factors - together with price, taste, nutrition and food origin – that influence their
Ireland has launched a food safety information campaign highlighting the collaboration required from farm to fork to protect food safety.
It was unveiled ahead of the inaugural World Food Safety Day, which is June 7 and is supported by the World Heal
Ireland is in the midst of one of its largest E. coli O157 outbreaks ever, with hundreds having been infected, according to a food safety expert.
Alan Reilly, former chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, told Food Safety News he wa
Health authorities have failed to find the source of the E. coli infection responsible for one of the worst food poisoning outbreaks ever experienced in Ireland.
An expert group, which is trying to trace how the outbreak arose, however, believes case
Ireland has launched a "Food Safety and Authenticity Strategy" to proactively identify and mitigate risk in the supply chain.
Implementation will focus on seven areas: communications; training; risk assessment; contingency planning; data capture, ana
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland ("FSAI") has reminded caterers and restaurants of the dangers of not cooking minced beef burgers thoroughly to remove harmful bacteria.
In Ireland, 3% of raw minced beef is known to be contaminated with a particul
A report of a safefood-funded research project - on the topic of "Risk Profiling of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods in Northern Ireland" - is now available on the safefood website (link to report available below).
This project involved:
BIM's report shows that Ireland’s seafood industry experienced a strong year in 2016, sporting 7.4 percent overall growth. The sector employed more than 11,000 people.