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# Safefood

All time
25% of vegetarian 'meat substitutes' tested found not to be adequate source of protein
24 Mar 2021
26.0k
52
How to cook a decent, stress-free turkey - without the food poisoning
23 Dec 2020
30.9k
12
'Not necessary' to disinfect outside of food packaging after buying, shoppers advised
23 Apr 2020
58.1k
84
Gluten-free snacks are 'not as healthy as many people think and most who buy them are not coeliac'
29 Jan 2020
23.2k
28
'Don’t wash the turkey' and other important tips to prevent making your loved ones ill this Christmas
22 Dec 2019
33.3k
20
One-third of people believe protein bars are healthy - but they're highly processed with a lot of saturated fat
13 Nov 2019
30.3k
46
Energy drinks contain up to 17 spoons of sugar and twice as much caffeine as an espresso
7 Oct 2019
103k
65
Want to make your shopping trip healthier? Here's some advice
21 Jan 2019
26.1k
18
On chef duty this year? Here's everything you need to know to cook a perfect turkey (safely)
24 Dec 2018
11.4k
9
Remember when Viper Higgins made a public service video on undercooked burgers?
29 Mar 2018
4.1k
3
Half of Irish people will eat an undercooked burger - but it can cause food poisoning
6 Jul 2017
17.0k
46
Irish shift workers struggle with poor diets, a lack of sleep and higher smoking rates
24 Oct 2016
18.9k
31
Children at risk of obesity as parents bribe them with sweets and biscuits
9 May 2016
13.3k
40
Your Indian takeaway dinner has a LOT more food in it than one person should be eating
16 Nov 2015
23.9k
43
Good news... Irish children are getting healthier
30 Mar 2015
12.0k
21
Irish watchdog likely to recommend that energy drinks are not consumed by children
30 Oct 2014
8.9k
23
Busy lifestyles mean that young people might not be learning enough food skills to stay healthy
4 Sep 2014
10.0k
35
Debunked: Is it better to keep bread in the fridge or a bread bin?
2 Jun 2014
73.7k
40
Reilly: More shops need to stop selling sweets and chocolates at checkouts
22 May 2014
10.3k
74
Health watchdog wants kids to start playing Kerbs, Tip the Can and Rounders again
31 Mar 2014
12.2k
56
Aaron McKenna: Ban the school tuck shop and watch childhood obesity plummet
Aaron McKenna
15 Feb 2014
533
88
Poll: Should supermarkets stop selling sweets at the checkout?
13 Feb 2014
15.8k
148
Treats at the tills: Supermarkets asked to ban sweets from the checkouts
13 Feb 2014
6.6k
32
Small glasses of cordial have up to five cubes of sugar
2 Dec 2013
21.1k
57
Here’s how ‘healthy’ foods could make you put on more weight
18 May 2013
23.3k
63
Irish households 'waste €700 a year' throwing out rotten food
6 May 2013
7.3k
33
Parents misjudging their children's weight, report shows
12 Feb 2013
8.4k
24
Obesity costs Ireland over €1.1 billion per year
28 Nov 2012
7.8k
67
Want to cut food waste? Check the dates, says safefood
18 Nov 2012
7.4k
13
Dirty dishcloths: E.coli found on more than a quarter of household cloths
30 Mar 2012
4.3k
12
Thinking about ordering a pizza later? You might want to think again...
27 Feb 2012
16.5k
57
Safefood defends its "Stop the Spread" campaign
2 Jun 2011
1.3k
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
10 May 2011
2.0k
Free tape measures to identify those "in denial" about their weight
10 May 2011
3.0k
12