Agri-Business
US company recalls batches of infant formula
A US company has announced a voluntary recall of selected batches of infant formula powder due to a possible health...
FSAI
Agri-Business
Small producers rearing turkeys or geese for Christmas must register
As small poultry producers start ordering turkey and goose chicks to rear for the Christmas market, the Food Safety Authority...
Agri-Business
Complaints on incorrect food labelling up 10% on 2014
Some 192 complaints on incorrect information on food labelling were received by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) advice...
Agri-Business
New rules on what's butter and what's not butter
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published a guidance note on the use of the term butter in...
Agri-Business
What does 'natural' or 'traditional' mean on food labels? New guidelines issued by FSAI
New guidelines on food labelling have been issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which it says will...
Agri-Business
Food safety boss says it’s time to put aside 'irrational fears of GM technology'
The Chief Executive of the Food Safety Authority has said it is time to put aside irrational and non-science based...
Agri-Business
Measures to fight food fraud are working, says Commission
A second round of coordinated pan-European testing for horse meat DNA in beef products was launched in April this year....
Agri-Business
Food fraud continues with no lamb in some lamb kebabs, new FSAI survey finds
New surveys find no horse DNA in beef, but fraud persists in the fast food industry, with some lamb kebabs...
Agri-Business
New Food Fraud Task Force to strengthen food safety – FSAI
The recently-established a Food Fraud Task Force (FFTF) will strengthen the enforcement of Food Law, according to Food Safety Authority...
Agri-Business
European Commission orders new EU-wide tests for horse meat
A year on from the horse meat scandal, which shocked the Irish beef industry, the Food Safety Authority (FSAI) has, today,...
Agri-Business
Top Stories This Week
Top Stories This Week Co-op mergers key for dairy expansion – minister Strathroy applies for NDC membership Mart mergers on...
Agri-Business
'Why do people eat what they eat'
“Why do people eat what they eat,” asked Prof Michael Gibney of University College Dublin (UCD) at a Food Safety...
World News
FSAI ceo to lead Fonterra inquiry
World News: The ceo of the Food and Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is to head up the New Zealand Government’s...
Other
Further Folic Acid Food Fortification not required – FSAI
There will be no additional benefits in mandatory folic acid fortification of bread in Ireland, the Food Safety Authority of...
Agri-Business
FSAI warns of Hep A in frozen, imported berries
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has advised consumers to boil all imported frozen berries for at least one...
Agri-Business
17 enforcement orders served on food businesses in August
Some 15 closure orders and two prohibition orders were served on food businesses during the month of August for breaches...
Agri-Business
Iceland forced to amend ad criticising FSAI
UPDATE: Supermarket chain Iceland has been forced to amend an advertisement in which it criticised the Food Safety Authority of...
Agri-Business
AgriLand's top stories this week
Here’s our roundup of the top stories the past week on Agriland , a good weekend read All things rural: Full...
