Date: May, 2013. This study aimed to assess the microbiology of food and hand contact surfaces in the retail environment and the potential for these surfaces to act as vehicles for the spread of foodborne pathogens.

Date: April, 2013. An evaluation of a three year safefood funded programme, delivered by Healthy Food for All, of seven Community Food Initiatives based in areas of socio-economic deprivation across the island of Ireland.

Date: November, 2012. In recent years, the prevalence of overweight/obesity has increased dramatically, both globally  and on the island of Ireland, with a myriad of factors affecting this change.

Date: November, 2012. The overall aim of the project was to provide a comprehensive assessment of the cost of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland.

Date: October, 2012. A first step in measuring the experience of food poverty in Ireland by combining three food deprivation items to quantify the level of food poverty today.

Date: October, 2012. This report outlines recent and current activities contributing to nutrition surveillance on IOI and makes recommendations for the future.

Date: October, 2012. safefood has carried out a survey of MSG use in Chinese, Indian and Thai restaurants and take-away outlets in Cork and Belfast.

Date: October, 2012. The aim of this report is to provide a snapshot of the nutritional composition of a sample of Chinese meals purchased from a selection of Chinese takeaway outlets on the island of Ireland.

Date: September, 2012. This review found that chicken is now a key protein source for many consumers on the island of Ireland with eight out of ten adults now eating chicken every week. (Updated 2012)

Date: July, 2012. The aim of this report is to provide a snapshot of the nutritional composition of a sample of cooked burgers purchased from a selection of takeaway outlets and takeaway vans on the IOI.