14 December, 2012. To support our knowledge base, we would like to invite applications for specific research projects in the following subject areas:
10 December, 2012. Some handy tips to ease the stress and help you cook safely this Christmas.
28 November, 2012. 13 recommendations suggested with urgent action required – issue poses significant threat to health and major challenge for health services.
19 Nov, 2012. 1 in 3 believes ‘best before’ and ‘use by’ mean the same thing.
16 Oct, 2012. 10% of people are now living in food poverty.
12 Oct, 2012. In response to the announcement by the BAI of new rules to be applied to the advertising of High Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) food and drink to children, safefood has issued the following statement.
02 Oct, 2012. Healthy Food for All is calling for Expressions of Interest to participate in the safefood funded all-island Community Food Initiatives (CFI) Programme for 2013-15.
28 Sept, 2012. Eating a typical Chinese takeaway meal of a starter, main course and egg fried rice can contain much more calories than an adult’s total daily requirement
18 Sept, 2012. safefood invites applications from individuals who wish to nominate themselves to serve as a member of our Advisory Committee.
10 Sept, 2012. While consumers seem highly aware of the food safety issues around chicken, unsafe practices, such as rinsing chicken under the tap, persist.
16 July, 2012. Research also reveals that one third of takeaway ‘kids’ burgers larger than ‘regular’ burgers.
11 June, 2012. Food Safety Week campaign highlights how food waste can be reduced.
07 May, 2012. Report finds men’s health at risk because of their behaviour towards food.
05 June, 2012. The factors that influence people's behaviour towards food will be the subject of a major two-day international conference being held in Cork this week.
24 May, 2012. With the weather getting hotter, safefood is reminding consumers to be mindful when cooking meat on the barbeque
16 May, 2012. Visitors to this year’s Balmoral Show were invited to play detective at the safefood interactive stand.
14 May, 2012. Fish consumption particularly low among children and 18-35s.
29 March, 2012. More than a quarter of household dishcloths contaminated with the raw meat bacteria E. coli.
30 Mar, 2012. safefood's response to the new BAI Children’s Commercial Communications Code.
27 Feb, 2012. A person eating an ‘average’ 12 inch size pizza in one sitting can consume more than their entire requirement of calories, saturated fat and salt for a full day according to new research by safefood.
17 Jan, 2012. New research reveals that despite 2 out of 3 adults on the island of Ireland being overweight, only 40% of adults classify themselves as such.