Food scares: Pilot nutrivigilance system put in place at Beaumont Hospital

Wild mushrooms are among some of the causes of adverse tocicological events here. Picture: Andrew Harris.  

Foods or food supplements causing harm in the community are to be targeted by a nutrivigilance system.

In recent years, wild mushrooms, apricot kernel, and illegal steroids in sports supplements, were among the causes of adverse toxicological events in Ireland.