# food-safety - Today’s News
# food-safety - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos has abandoned his plan after opposition from northern European countries.
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# food-safety - Saturday 18 May, 2013
The new food safety rules mean restaurants will not be able to buy oil from specialised producers.
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# food-safety - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Earlier the Netherlands’ food safety agency said that a Dutch supplier may have distributed as much as 50,000 tonnes of contaminated beef to companies across Europe.
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# food-safety - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Twelve enforcement orders were served on businesses by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, it said today.
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A new Europe-wide focus on labelling and traceability could increase turnover for these businesses over the next year, according to a new report.
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# food-safety - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Four different multipacks of McCoy’s crisps were being voluntarily recalled from shelves.
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# food-safety - Saturday 30 March, 2013
There are around 50,000 food points of sale in the country with just 300 inspectors to ensure that they meet food safety standards.
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# food-safety - Monday 25 March, 2013
The results showed the presence of horsemeat in two products that had already been withdrawn from the market.
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# food-safety - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Bacteria on your desk at work, viruses passed on by your pets and food-borne illnesses lurking in your fridge – infection is everywhere.
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# food-safety - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
The Food Safety Authority closed twelve business last month under food safety legislation.
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# food-safety - Monday 4 March, 2013
The products have all previously been identified and removed from the marketplace.
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# food-safety - Monday 25 February, 2013
The meatballs have been withdrawn from at least 15 countries, including Ireland, after traces of horse DNA were found in one of three tests.
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# food-safety - Sunday 17 February, 2013
A survey in Britain has found that a significant number of people have stopped eating the meals as a result of the scandal. Have you?
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# food-safety - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Minister Simon Coveney said that his department intends to introduce DNA testing from now on as a part of routine food testing in Ireland.
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# food-safety - Friday 15 February, 2013
The new chairman has been named as Professor Michael Gibney of University College, Dublin.
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# food-safety - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Tonio Borg wants 2,500 tests on beef products, and 1,500 on horsemeat products, to ascertain the extent of the labelling problem.
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# food-safety - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
New information from the Department of Agriculture shows that a low number of animal food items were rejected at Irish ports.
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# food-safety - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
ABP Food Group said they will introduce a testing regime, including DNA testing for all meat products following the FSAI findings.
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However the British Prime Minister said ultimately retailers have to be responsible for what they sell and where it came from.
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An inquiry has been launched to find out why 10 beef burger products tested positive for horse DNA. Does this turn you off buying beef burgers?
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# food-safety - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland said it will continue to take a zero tolerance policy to breaches of food safety legislation in 2013.
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# food-safety - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
Coughs, colds, trips and falls are the most common injuries and illnesses around Christmas. Watch yourselves.
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# food-safety - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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The Food Safety Authority said that 12 closure orders and 6 prohibition orders were served on food businesses last month.
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# food-safety - Friday 2 November, 2012
The awards were presented today as part of a conference which focused on the dangers associated with food allergies and cross contamination.
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# food-safety - Monday 29 October, 2012
Five per cent of children and three per cent of adults suffer from food allergies.
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# food-safety - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said parents should keep highly caffeinated drinks away from their children.
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# food-safety - Saturday 20 October, 2012
Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency says over 200 people may have contracted the bug from Flicks restaurant.
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Dropped your food? Don’t bother trying to pick it up quickly – it’s already ruined.
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# food-safety - Monday 8 October, 2012
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland says wild mushrooms pose a risk of food poisoning.
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# food-safety - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Rising food prices means counterfeit food is likely to become an increasing concern in the future, Food Safety head tells TheJournal.ie, following death of 19 Czechs from fake alcohol.
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# food-safety - Monday 1 October, 2012
The things we learned, loved and shared today.
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# food-safety - Saturday 22 September, 2012
The Food Safety of Authority saw the debate on Monday’s Burning Question – and came up with a definitive response.
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# food-safety - Tuesday 4 September, 2012
The FSAI has said it is concerned about the continuously high number of closure orders this year.
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# food-safety - Monday 3 September, 2012
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is planning to get tough on vendors who mislabel food in an attempt to scam consumers.
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# food-safety - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
The Food Safety Authority said it will not hold back in taking action against businesses that fail to comply with food safety legislation.
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# food-safety - Monday 18 June, 2012
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said that manufacturers of food in Ireland need to strengthen their allergen labelling and control policies.
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# food-safety - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Meanwhile, the HSE prosecuted a Tesco Extra branch in Carton Park, Maynooth after customer complaints over chicken.
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# food-safety - Monday 28 May, 2012
Consumers are being warned not to buy meat from unauthorised sources after around 1 tonne of beef – which could pose a health risk – was stolen from a Dublin warehouse.
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# food-safety - Thursday 8 March, 2012
The amount of enforcement orders served in February was double that of January.
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