2009
Staying safe down on the farm
The safefood ‘Suzie Moo’ leaflet and poster advises on hygiene and safety for primary school children when visiting open farms, petting farms or zoos, and if animals visit their schools.
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Download 'Suzie Moo' poster [PDF]
How to prepare your baby's bottle feed
safefood and Health Service Executive have put together a leaflet which will help you to prepare your baby’s bottle feeds as safely as possible. It covers advice for preparing bottles at home, while travelling and for the crèche.
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Fridge Hygiene
safefood provide a few cool rules to make sure your fridge is a safe place to store you food.
For some useful tips download our fridge hygiene leaflet [pdf]
To find out what goes where in your fridge download our fridge magnet [pdf]
2008
Thinking of taking food supplements
safefood in collaboration with the FSAI and the FSANI produced this leaflet to explain what food supplements are, and when they are a useful addition to the diet. The leaflet also cautions consumers against trying to use food supplements to make up for a poor diet.
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Listeria Pregnancy Leaflet
safefood and the HPSC urge pregnant women to be extra vigilant when consuming certain types of food and issued advice on how to avoid the risk of listeriosis.
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Download Listeria and pregnancy in Latvian
Download Listeria and pregnancy in Slovak
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2007
Wholegrains
With all the choice available these days it can be easy to forget just how good regular foods can be. Take wholegrain breads for example. They contain carbohydrates, fiber, iron and B vitamins. They’re real ‘superfoods’ that can keep you going for longer and take care of your digestive system.
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safefood kid's food challenge
What’s this all about? As parents and guardians many of you are making huge efforts to ensure your kids are eating healthily and limiting the number of sweets and unhealthy snacks they eat. At the moment, kids are eating on average about twice as many treat foods as they should be, so it’s time to think about cutting down.
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2006
Safe hands
It may sound simple enough, but one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself and others from food poisoning is to wash your hands thoroughly
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Lean meat
While it’s handy to pick up some chicken nuggets or sausages to pop under the grill, these meats often contain more fat and salt than the fresh cuts. Lean meat on the other hand can be just as easy, as well as a bit of a hero round the kitchen. Apart from being lower in fat and salt, it’s also high in vitamins and minerals, especially iron. A regular ‘superfood’, you could say.
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Fruit and veg (ROI)
You’ve probably noticed that people are getting more and more into their health these days: going to the gym, buying fancy ‘functional foods’ packed with extra vitamins, calcium, and so on. That’s all great, but what people may not realise is that some of the most ordinary foods are actually quite extraordinary. Genuine ‘superfoods’, in fact.
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Cooking meat safely
Sometimes it’s hard to tell when burgers and sausages are properly cooked and ready to eat. These meats can contain harmful bacteria throughout and it is important that they are cooked thoroughly to make them safe to eat.
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Picnic perfection
Far too often when we pack the picnic basket we leave behind the good habits that keep us safe from food poisoning at home. Here are a few simple tips to help you avoid potential perils of picnics.
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Burnt outside raw in the middle
Sometimes it’s hard to tell when burgers and sausages are properly cooked and ready to eat. These meats can contain harmful bacteria throughout and it is important that they are cooked thoroughly to make them safe to eat.
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The ABC of BBQ
Too often the good habits we follow in the kitchen go up in smoke when the barbecue is lit. So avoid trouble this summer by remembering the crispy golden rules found in this leaflet.
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2005
How much salt is good for you?
safefood, launched a campaign on outlining the need to reduce salt intake. Research has revealed that people generally consume over double their recommended daily allowance (RDA) of salt. High dietary salt intake is associated with high blood pressure, which in turn causes heart disease and stroke
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BSE- how safe is beef today?
The Departments of Agriculture in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland monitor cattle to make sure that no BSE-infected cattle enter the food chain. Their strict controls mean that there is now an extremely low risk of contracting the human form of BSE, ‘variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease’ (vCJD), from consuming meat or meat products you buy from reputable sources on the island of Ireland.
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2004
How they measure up: A simple guide to food labeling.
The aim of this leaflet is to help you pick out the information you need when you're trying to choose between food products.
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What you need to know about campylobacter
Campylobacter is a bacterium found in the intestines of many types of animals and is the most common bacterial cause of diarrheal illness.
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What you need to know about E. Coli 0157
E. coli O157 belongs to a large group of bacteria called Escherichia coli (or E. coli for short). Many E. coli are harmless and they occur naturally in the gut of animals and humans. One of these, E. coli O157, which is a harmless germ in cattle can cause a serious disease in humans.
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What you need to know about salmonella
Salmonella is a bacterium commonly found in the intestines of humans and animals. It can also be found on raw meats, poultry, eggs and in unpasteurised milk. Salmonella food poisoning (Salmonellosis) is an illness that can occur if live Salmonella bacteria enter the body. The bacteria can attach to the cells lining the intestines where they produce toxins and attack the intestinal cells.
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Fridge thermometer instruction
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2003-2000
Think before you drink... Unpasterised milk
Milk produced on the island of Ireland is generally acknowledged to be of very high standard. What you may not know, however, is there are potential risks associated with the consumption of unpasteurised milk.
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Is Beef safe to eat? BSE- The Facts
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