Dozens of food products were pulled from the shelves of Irish supermarkets last year after the presence of foreign objects such as plastic, glass and insects were discovered.

The FSAI listed a variety of reasons for non-compliance with food safety laws, including evidence of rodent droppings in kitchen, bar and carvery areas and meat being cut in a room adjacent to the toilets

A batch of Cow & Gate baby food has been recalled from Boots after some jars were found to contain pieces of a rubber glove.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that six Closure Orders and one Improvement Order were served on food businesses during the month of April.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has recalled a batch of raw goat's milk over concerns that it could contain E-Coli causing bacteria.

Four food premises were issued with Closure Orders for breaches of food safety legislation last month.

15 food businesses were issued with Enforcement Orders in July for breaches of food safety legislation.

A report from The Food Safety Authority is highlighting a trend to serve undercooked minced beef burgers.

A creche in Co Louth is among 6 businesses served with a closure order last month over breaches in food safety hygiene.

A cigarette butt found in a bag of chips, a human nail in a takeaway meal, and a live insect discovered in a packaged dessert were just some of the 3,202 complaints received by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

A cigarette butt found in a bag of chips, a human nail in a takeaway meal, and a live insect discovered in a packaged dessert were just some of the 3,202 complaints received by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

Four orders were issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) during the month of April including two Closure Orders, one Prohibition Order and one Improvement Order.

Ireland experienced its highest rate of food recalls or withdrawals in a decade last year, with salmonella bacteria in soups and an amphetamine-like substance in a diet food supplement among some of the causes.

A live insect in a packaged dessert, a human nail in a takeaway and a cigarette butt in a bag of chips.

Eleven food business have been given closure notices by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) during the month of August.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that six closure orders were served on food businesses during the month of February.

One closure order and one prohibition order were served on separate food businesses in January, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reported today.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland issued closure orders on seven restaurants and take-aways last month.

Environmental health officers served 16 closure orders and one prohibition order on food businesses last month.

A READER struggling to decipher labels at supermarkets writes to me: “How on earth do I find food I can trust nowadays?”

Health experts are welcoming a new online calculator which will help Irish restaurants to put calorie totals on their menus.

A well-known Dublin restaurant popular with TDs and senators was just one of 10 premises forced to close last month for breaching food safety regulations.

A Castletownbere-based seafood company was served with a prohibition order last month and six food businesses around the country were closed down, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in its latest announcement of enforcement orders.