The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has welcomed the verdicts of two court cases involving counterfeit alcohol and a firm that continued to trade despite being told to close.
The first judgement in Tuam District Court involved the sentencing of three defendants in cases led by the Health Service
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An Irish website selling a weight loss aid that may have been sold in the United States has been closed.
The website was marketing capsules containing 200 milligrams of 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) using an address that implied the substance may be used for weight loss. DNP is a yellow powder, often
Continue Reading Irish website selling DNP shut down; recall issued
Three sushi firms operating from the bedroom of a house in Ireland have been closed down by authorities.
The unregistered online sushi takeaway restaurants were run from the home with breaches of legislation, food safety controls and recordkeeping and the absence of safe practices when handling raw fish and cooked
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A parliamentary inquiry into the closure of an Australian catering business has found the council failed in its role as a regulator.
I Cook Foods, which provided pre-packed meals to hospitals and the aged care sector, was temporarily closed in February 2019 during attempts to find the source of infection
Continue Reading Inquiry criticizes handling of I Cook Foods Listeria case
Twelve closure orders and one prohibition order were served on Irish food businesses in July for breaches of food safety legislation, according to reports from Ireland’s equivalent to the Food and Drug Administration, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The problems reported by FSAI involved violations of either the
Continue Reading A dozen Irish food businesses closed in July by Food Safety Authority
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reports a 6 percent decline in enforcement orders served on Irish businesses in 2015 when compared to the previous year. FSAI said it welcomes the reduction in numbers of Enforcement Orders needing to be served, but re-emphasized that the legal onus is on
Continue Reading Ireland’s Food Safety Authority Reports Fewer Enforcement Actions
