Agri-Business
128kg of Brazilian beef that contained a banned growth promoting hormone entered the Irish market, the FSAI has confirmed.
A US company has announced a voluntary recall of selected batches of infant formula powder due to a...
The FSAI today encouraged small poultry producers to register with their Local Authority’s Veterinary Services.
There was a 10% increase in the number of complaints to the FSAI last year regarding incorrect food labelling.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published a guidance note on the use of the term Butter in the labelling and advertising
New guidelines on food labelling have been issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which it says will help ensure consumers are not misled
The Chief Executive of the Food Safety authority Alan Reilly has questioned if food safety concerns in regard to genetic modification (GM) are still justified.
A second round of coordinated pan-European testing for horse meat DNA in beef products was launched in April this year.
New surveys finds no horse DNA in beef, but fraud persists in the fast food industry, with some lamb kebabs containing no lamb meat.
The recently-established a Food Fraud Task Force (FFTF) will strengthen the enforcement of Food Law and food safety, according to the FSAI.
Food Safety Authority (FSAI) has confirmed today details of a new round of tests of beef products for horse meat contamination.
Top stories this week
'Why do people eat what they eat', asked Prof Michael Gibney of UCD at a FSAI conference in Dublin this morning.
World News
The FSAI's ceo is to head up the New Zealand Government’s investigation into the whey protein concentrate contamination incident earlier this year.
Other
There will be no additional benefits in mandatory folic acid fortification of bread in Ireland, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said today.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has advised consumers to boil all imported frozen berries for at least one minute prior to consumption.
Some 15 closure orders and two prohibition orders were served on food businesses during the month of August, according to the FSAI.
Supermarket chain Iceland has been forced to amend an advertisement in which it criticised the Food Safety Authority's (FSAI) testing for horse DNA.
Here’s our roundup of the top stories the past week on Agriland a good weekend read
Beef
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published research into the impact of the horse meat contamination issue on Irish consumer confidence.
FSAI have advised it is investigating a food poisoning outbreak of Hepatitis A virus associated with the consumption of imported frozen berries.
Seven food businesses are set to close and one prohibition order was served during the month of June for breaches of food safety legislation.
A review of the agri-food chain regulations in Ireland is under way.
