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No health threat from radiation in UK food chain

17-Nov-2009 - from the FSA’s own monitoring regime as well as those from the Environment Agency, the Northern Ireland

Meat processors anxious on FSA bid to cut inspection funding

10-Nov-2009 - ) specified risk material controls. In Northern Ireland the controls cost £7m, of which around half

Milk and meat drive N Ireland food processing growth

04-Nov-2009 - Milk and meat drive N Ireland food processing growth ... Increasing sales of milk, meats and baked goods fuelled a six per cent growth in Northern Ireland’s ... Increasing sales of milk, meats and baked goods fuelled a six per cent growth in Northern Ireland’s ... The study – the Size and Performance of the Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Sector sector to the Northern Ireland economy is best represented by its generation of value added. In 2007 ... Northern Ireland, milk, meat

Tetra Pak's 1.5 billion eco-cartons in UK & Ireland

23-Oct-2009 - Tetra Pak's 1.5 billion eco-cartons in UK & Ireland ... of its cartons on sale in the UK and Ireland in the next year will carry the Forest Stewardship Council ... of its cartons on sale in the UK and Ireland in the next year will carry the Forest Stewardship Council ... Some 75% of the cartons made by Tetra Pak for the UK and Ireland will become FSC-certified using .5 billion packs, in the UK & Ireland alone. All the European mills supplying Tetra Pak’s paperboard have

'World-first' high-tech printer set to make its mark

22-Oct-2009 - in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Ireland. The Van Der Windt Group is owned by the Clondalkin Group which

News in brief

Ireland could double tax on plastic bags

28-Sep-2009 - Ireland could double tax on plastic bags ... deterrent" to shoppers who arrived at checkouts without bringing bags of their own. Ireland

UK FSA criticised over Irish pork dioxin crisis

20-Jul-2009 - December, 2008, after the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued a recall of all Irish pork teams in Northern Ireland felt “universally constrained in their ability to act quickly”. Lack

Meat processors hail decision to shelve inspection charge increases

01-Jul-2009 - and “reduce Government support to meat businesses across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland” said a Ireland on September 27 and September 28 in England, Scotland and Wales, would be based on the “time cost

Irish food safety system condemned after pork dioxin scandal

29-May-2009 - The body’s agriculture committee delivered its damning verdict on Ireland’s food safety systems of Ireland’s 500 pig farms. Instead, the “absence of an effective traceability scheme necessitated a 100 per

Mild bird flu identified in US breeding hens

07-May-2009 - ), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (5), Germany (9), Guatemala (1), Ireland

Nestle may move Fairtrade with Kit Kat

10-Nov-2009 - and Ireland are worth £200m (€214m). Speaking to this publication, Richard Watts, campaign manager at UK

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Call for stricter monitoring of folic acid intake

09-Nov-2009 - in Ireland its implementation has been deferred. The ECSO report can be read here

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Talking point

Are EU health claims dooming innovation – Your views

06-Nov-2009 - will become more predictable.” Jens Bleiel, Chief executive officer, Food for Health Ireland. Ireland

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Smart salt distribution can cut salt without extra additives

06-Nov-2009 - and related health risks in populations. In countries like the UK, Ireland and the USA, over 80 per cent

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Salt reduction may also benefit bone health

02-Nov-2009 - and related health risks in populations. In countries like the UK, Ireland and the USA, over 80 per cent

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Waiting game continues in high dose supplement battle

29-Oct-2009 - such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Ireland would also see their high dose supplements industry under threat if MPLs

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EU doctors deciding on elderly vitamin D levels

26-Oct-2009 - forms of vitamin D were not always available. For instanced in Ireland, stand-alone vitamin D

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Chitosan marine compound claimed to remedy obesity

19-Oct-2009 - condition that contributes to some 2,000 obesity-related deaths in Ireland alone each year, he added in Ireland revealed that 39 per cent of the adult population was considered overweight, with 25 per cent

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Cash flow monitoring target of bakery software upgrade, says firm

16-Oct-2009 - and Ireland and the company has been trialling CyBake v3 with existing clients before its general release

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Benefits of salt reduction clear, despite brain claim

16-Oct-2009 - the article as totally missing the issue. In countries like the UK, Ireland and the USA, over 80 per cent

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