The Northern Ireland Strategic Committee on Food Surveillance has published its report on food sampling activity carried out in Northern Ireland in 2012. The report covers the targeted, risk-based, sampling and testing of food carried out by local councils across the food supply and retail chain.
Overall, a high percentage of the wide range of foodstuffs sampled in Northern Ireland was found to comply with food safety and standards legislation. The main issues continue to be in relation to incorrect labelling and description of food.
Similar to 2011, the results of sampling in 2012 indicate that there have been relatively few detections of foodborne pathogens. In 2012, 6,270 samples were submitted for microbiological examination and 2,067 samples were submitted for chemical analysis
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