CONSUMERS must overcome their reluctance to complain if they find poor hygiene standards in restaurants, takeaways and pubs, food safety chiefs said yesterday.

YOU’RE on your own if you risk eating food imported into the EU from Brazil.

DARINA ALLEN wants to “stop GM food” (Irish Examiner Weekend, March 11).

HOUSEWIVES over the age of 45 who studied home economics at school are among the worst informed about food safety, research has found.

THE Food Safety Promotion Board has urged all restaurants to review their premises and hygiene procedures to reduce the risk of food contamination.

The cross-border Food Safety Promotion Board has mounted a new campaign encouraging people to eat less salt.

Unhygienic practices in the kitchen are leaving Irish people open to food poisoning, according to a study commissioned by the cross-border Food Safety Promotion Board.

The Food Safety Promotion Board safefood today issued a report highlighting the need for a food safety system for the whole island of Ireland.

Doctor Cliodhna Foley-Nolan has been appointed chief specialist in public health with safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board.

The Food Safety Promotion Board has called on GPs to advise their patients about ways to prevent acute gastroenteritis.

Safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board, says a shortage of technical expertise is preventing food manufacturing plants from achieving the highest standards in food safety policy.

The Food Safety Promotion Board, Safefood, has welcomed the release of a controversial new film highlighting the dangers of fast food and an unhealthy diet.

Safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board, today heard leading EU and US academics outline strategies for engaging the public about the risks associated with modern food and lifestyle habits.

The Food Safety Promotion Board have warned people to take care when using barbecues as the good weather continues to bring people outside to eat.

Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA) and safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board have called for more businesses to apply for the Hygiene Mark as a survey showed major food safety concerns among the public.

DODGY dealers may be offering unsafe pork, stolen from a crashed lorry, to unsuspecting customers.

Colette Keane writes the debate on the controversial but phenomenally successful drink looks lightly to continue.

The Department of Health is reportedly reviewing its policy on stimulant drinks following the European Court of Justice’s decision to uphold a French ban on Red Bull.

SCHOOL children are learning to wash their hands and other hygiene tips through a play they can perform themselves in class.

The Food Safety Promotion Board has issued a warning to families sitting down to leftovers today.

IT may look like a turkey and taste like a turkey, but sometimes that festive fare can be a health time bomb.

FOOD safety worries about raw chicken, raw pork and processed meats top consumers’ list of concerns, new research shows.

MOST people are still unsure how to cook a turkey which could have potentially lethal consequences, the Food Safety Promotion Board has warned.

CROSS-BORDER bodies have been the hidden success story of the troubled Good Friday Agreement.

In Ireland, two thirds of men and almost one half of women are overweight or obese, according to a major new survey today by the Food Safety Promotion Board.

The Food Safety Promotion Board has moved to reassure consumers that they are not at risk from the current outbreak of foot and mouth disease.