The research , to be revealed for the first time at a one day cross border conference, ‘Food Allergy – the Facts on a Plate’, shows that some staff in food businesses including sandwich bars, cafés, supermarkets and forecourt shops were unable to give allergy sufferers accurate advice about the food they were ordering.
2 February 2008 The research , to be revealed for the first time at a one day cross border conference, ‘Food Allergy – the Facts on a Plate’, shows that staff in food businesses including sandwich bars, cafes, supermarkets and forecourt shops were unable to give allergy sufferers accurate advice about the food they were ordering.
6 February 2007: The research , to be revealed for the first time at a one day cross border conference, ‘Food Allergy – the Facts on a Plate’, shows that some staff in food businesses including sandwich bars, cafés, supermarkets and forecourt shops were unable to give allergy sufferers accurate advice about the food they were ordering.
01 May 2007: Experts in public health nutrition from the UK and Ireland gathered in Dublin today to highlight the need for a sustained, international approach to achieve dietary change. The conference, jointly sponsored by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI) and the all-island agency safefood heard of the latest developments on key nutrition topics including obesity, nutritional deficiency, salt intake, fortification and food poverty.
29th January 2007, Shona O’Brien, Grainne Quinn and Emma Roche from St Joseph’s College, Lucan, Co. Dublin won the coveted safefood award at The Young Scientists Exhibition in the RDS, Dublin on Friday 12th January 2007. Their winning project investigated the beneficial health effects of honey.
29th October 2007: Earlier today, safefood launched a new public awareness campaign designed to educate consumers about their rights with regard to food hygiene standards outside the home, and empower them to speak out if they are not satisfied. The campaign entitled ‘Speak Out’ was launched following new research that reveals consumers are reluctant to speak out if unhappy with the food hygiene standards experienced, when eating out¹.
29th October 2007: Earlier today, safefood launched a new public awareness campaign designed to educate consumers about their rights with regard to food hygiene standards outside the home, and empower them to speak out if they are not satisfied. The campaign entitled ‘Speak Out’ was launched following new research that reveals consumers are reluctant to speak out if unhappy with the food hygiene standards experienced, when eating out¹.
11th December 2007: Consumers across the island of Ireland will be delighted to hear that new guidelines on cooking the perfect Christmas turkey have revealed that it’s safe to stuff the cavity. The new advice comes from unique new research, commissioned by safefood to reveal the best cooking times for the safest and tastiest turkey! ¹
12 February 2008: While people here are aware of the health benefits of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables, consumers are still eating significantly less than they should. Only 21% of adult men and 19% of women on the island of Ireland are meeting the current World Health Organisation’s target of ‘five a day’², with young children eating even less.
6th June 2007: Planning a picnic, barbecue or camping trip this summer…? The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI) and safefood are urging people to ‘keep food safe’ following the findings from a recent survey which revealed that a third of people here are putting themselves at risk of food poisoning when eating outdoors.
27 June 2007: The changing nature of food and the role it plays in the lives of people on the island of Ireland represents an ongoing challenge, particularly in maintaining and improving public health. With obesity clearly identified as the biggest public health challenge on the island, safefood has a responsibility to try to improve our eating habits, north and south.
16th April 2007: New research has investigated, for the first time and from an all island perspective, those groups within our society at risk of consuming a nutritionally imbalanced diet, therefore compromising their health. ‘Standard of Healthy Living on the island of Ireland’, which was funded by safefood provides a range of insights into the diet choices being made by many groups within society, based on robust economic analysis.
31 May 2007: safefood is urging consumers to be extra vigilant when cooking meats on the barbecue that have been minced, skewered or rolled such as burgers, sausages and kebabs. These types of meats should be cooked thoroughly and never served rare or pink in the middle either from the barbecue or more traditional cooking methods.
12th June 2007: Celebrity chef Simon Rimmer has teamed up with safefood to remind consumers to pay attention to food safety this summer, particularly when cooking meat that has been minced, skewered or rolled such as burgers, sausages and kebabs. These types of meats should be cooked thoroughly until piping hot all the way through and never served rare or pink in the middle, whether they are cooked on the barbecue or by more traditional ‘indoor’ methods.
11th September 2007: safefood is bringing its ‘Superfoods’ campaign to Cork on Wednesday, 19th September, offering local parents and children the chance to learn more about how to incorporate more fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and leaner cuts of meat into their families’ diets through a unique combination of entertainment for children and nutritional advice for parents.
19th February 2007: Earlier today, safefood launched the safefood Kid’s Food Challenge, a fun and interactive reward chart to support parents to help improve their children’s diets by adopting healthy eating habits and encouraging a range of rewards other than treat foods¹. The development of the safefood Kid’s Food Challenge is another step taken by safefood to address the potential health problems caused by poor diets.
16th October 2007: Since 2002, over 13, 500 Transition Year students from 310 schools in the Republic of Ireland have successfully completed the safefood for Life food safety training programme. The course has proven very popular among students and earlier today, Tuesday, 16th October, safefood launched a new interactive CD Rom, which will ensure that Transition Year students will have access to food safety information and training at the touch of a button.
5th March 2007: Earlier today, safefood launched a practical and innovative healthy eating wallchart to help parents and their children adopt healthier eating habits. The safefood Kid’s Food Challenge is designed to provide parents with an alternative reward system in their children’s diet other than unhealthy treat foods. The National Children’s Nutrition Survey revealed that 70% of parents who felt that nutrition was important to health found difficulty in providing a healthy diet for their child.
6 March 2007: Earlier today, safefood launched the Kid’s Food Challenge, a practical and fun wall chart designed to encourage parents and their children to adopt healthier eating habits. The Consumer Attitudes to Food Standards Survey revealed that 67% of parents in Northern Ireland were making a special effort to avoid or reduce children’s consumption of foods containing fat and sugar¹ and 90% of respondents agreed that parents should help children eat healthily².
28th May 2007: safefood will launch the second phase of its ‘Superfoods’ campaign, which has been designed to raise awareness of the benefits of eating everyday foods and ultimately, encourage consumers to adopt healthier diets.
4th April 2007: Results of a survey commissioned by safefood have shown that eggs produced on the island of Ireland are almost totally free from Salmonella. Just two egg samples from over 5, 000 samples surveyed contained Salmonella in the shell. No egg contents were contaminated.
17 September 2007: New research conducted by safefood has revealed that 8 in ten (88%) parents intend to encourage their children to eat more fruit and vegetables as a result of the safefood ‘Superfoods’ TV advertising campaign* while 7 in ten (76%) parents stated they would try to eat more fruit and vegetables themselves, from now on.
1st June 2007: Research conducted by safefood has shown that there has been a positive shift in consumers’ attitudes towards healthy eating, with four in 10 (38%) consumers stating that they had made positive changes to their diets and a further four in 10 (39%) consumers expressing the intention to make changes to their diet in the near future.
31 May 2008: safefood launched the second phase of its ‘Superfoods’ campaign, designed to raise awareness of the nutritional benefits of eating foods we might consider to be ordinary. The campaign aims to encourage everyone, especially children, to eat leaner meat, to increase their intake of fruit and vegetables and to switch to wholegrains - everyday foods that have ‘super’ nutritional properties.
13th February 2008: Earlier today, safefood issued the findings of its review of the fruit and vegetable¹ food chain across the island of Ireland. The review found that despite consumers being well informed of the health benefits of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables, consumption of fruit and vegetables among consumers remains low.
13 November 2007: As the countdown to Christmas begins, safefood is reminding consumers not to wash the festive bird before placing it in the oven.
4 June 2008: Chef and TV regular Simon Rimmer joined safefood today to remind consumers to pay attention to food safety this summer, particularly when cooking meat that has been minced, skewered or rolled such as burgers, sausages and kebabs. These types of meats should be cooked thoroughly until piping hot all the way through and never served rare or pink in the middle, whether they are cooked on the barbecue or by more traditional ‘indoor’ methods.
16 May 2007: ‘Strictly Yum Dancing’ - an exciting new initiative based around healthy eating and food hygiene messages will take to the stage for the first time in Northern Ireland at this year’s Balmoral show.