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.
2 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.
7 May 2012. Report finds men’s health at risk because of their behaviour towards food.
5 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.