Seminar for start-ups to focus on food hygiene and safety regulations

Compliance with regulations on hygiene and safety is critical for Ireland’s stream of new food enterprises, the Food Safety Authority (FSAI) of Ireland has warned.

With the number of Irish food businesses now exceeding 46,000, up by 5% since 2008, the FSAI has welcomed the matching rise in queries from new food entrepreneurs regarding regulations. Its advice service for startups has received 1,278 queries during the past 12 months.

FSAI chief executive Professor Alan Reilly said: “There is a definite appetite among people wishing to pursue new food business enterprises. We offer free information for people already established in a food business or for people seeking specific information on how to go about setting up a food business.