Person: Edel Conway

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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2,400 complaints over food

A tooth in a fruit loaf, a false nail in custard, pieces of metal in a takeaway meal and a dead rodent in a bag of bananas.

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Maggots and rat among objects found in food last year

farming

Authority reports rise in inquiries as food business start-ups buck recession trend

business

Entrepreneurs have taste for food business

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Safety pins, stones, and beetle found in food

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Almost 11,000 calls made to food safety line last year

Rodent droppings in food among 10,000 complaints

FOOD contaminated with insects, hair, pieces of skin, glass and rodent droppings were the most common type of complaints received last year by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

Wed, 03 Mar, 2010

Advice line fields almost 10,000 queries on food safety

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) dealt with almost 10,000 queries in 2009, it announced today.

Tue, 02 Mar, 2010