Organisation: Safefood Ireland

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Irish families could be wasting €1,000 a year over confusion about food being safe to freeze

Irish families could be wasting as much as €1,000 a year because of confusion over certain foods being unsafe to freeze.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2016

Your Tuesday lunchtime catch-up

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Children denied school meals due to lack of equipment

Around 100 disadvantaged schools cannot avail of funds to provide children with school meals because they lack basic equipment such as fridges and cupboards or cannot afford to employ somebody to distribute the food.

Wed, 15 Apr, 2015

No powers to force healthy vending machine options at schools

THE Department of Education has said its powerless to force schools to provide healthy alternatives in vending machines despite a report on obesity recommending a clear code of practice be drawn up.

Tue, 03 Jan, 2012