Irish websites offering banned foods for sale

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.

The banned substances are sometimes used in products used for weight loss, bodybuilding, appetite suppressants and impotence remedy.

The European Commission has published the results of control programme which involved organisations from member States identifying food sold online that did not comply with EU legislation.