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Complaints about live mice, flies and the presence of pigeons in a deli area were among almost 3,500 issues raised by consumers with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in 2019.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has announced five closure orders for the month of January.

The number of enforcement orders issued by the food watchdog in 2019 rose 13% on the previous 12 months - meaning last year was the second consecutive year in which there was an increase in such orders.

Restaurant owners have been urged to object to government plans to require calorie information to be displayed on menus.

An iconic Cork restaurant was one of a record 23 food outlets forced to close in November over hygiene concerns.

It is the highest number of Enforcement Orders in one month since the legislation was introduced in 1998.

The alert relates to 790g packs of 'Birds Eye 50 Chicken Nuggets with Golden Wholegrain'.

A targeted audit of sushi restaurants, takeaways and producers has found that 90% do not have adequate controls in place to safeguard human health.

Eight restaurants, cafes and butcher shops were found to be in breach of food safety rules last month.

Almost three-quarters of Irish food businesses say food produced in Ireland is safer than it was five years ago.

Food allergens and ingredients labelling is the number one concern for Irish food businesses.

Batches of Quorn cocktail sausages are being recalled because of the possible presence of metal pieces.

Tesco is recalling four of its own brand drinks over fears the bottles could explode.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has said 11 closure orders were issued to food businesses in June.

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

Detectives involved in raiding seven premises connected with the suspected sale of contaminated horse meat say that they do not believe that any contaminated meat has been sold in Ireland.

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.

Chia Bia, a health food company based in Tramore, Co Waterford, has become an industry leader in the supply of seed products to the Irish, European, and international markets.

Three establishments in Dublin, three in Galway and one in Cork were ordered to close.

Joe Leogue The food safety watchdog has developed a process that allows it to identify the entire DNA content of a food. It says the tool will help it tackle food fraud and the mislabelling of products.

There has been a 300% increase in the number of food supplements notified to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in the last 10 years — from 700 in 2007 to over 2,500 last year.

Irish homes and businesses dump over a million tonnes of food each year. You can’t eat it all, but Ellie O’Byrne spent January living on out-of-date food in the fight against waste

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The food safety watchdog has found online retailers including Irish websites offering banned foods and supplements for sale in Ireland, in a European-wide crackdown on unauthorised products.

Hundreds of horrified diners were served up unwanted extras last year, reporting finds of everything from maggots to teeth in meals bought from food outlets.

A live rodent in an open wall cavity, rodent droppings under a pizza oven, and human excrement overflowing from a workers’ toilet were just some of the reasons that health inspectors closed a number of food businesses in January.

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.

Sharon Ní Chonchúir outlines the importance of a varied diet —and the right foods — for babies and toddlers.   

While recent trials debunked some established truths about salt, the leader of the research says the findings don’t give us a licence to liberally consume it either, says Peta Bee.     

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British authorities are to begin testing eggs for any traces of a banned insecticide which has caused a food scare in the Netherlands.