recent publications


The following publications have recently been produced by the FSAI:

• Guidance Note 1: Inspection of a Food Business (Revised)
  This document is intended to replace the original Guidance Note No. 1, from June 2004
• Business Start-up Pack.

functional foods seminar

Functional Foods - What are they?  How are they regulated?  Does the consumer really want them?  These were some of the questions addressed at the recent seminar on ‘Functional and Dsyfunctional Foods’ held recently by the Institute of Food Science and Technology of Ireland (IFSTI) which was supported by Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

For further details on the seminar please see www.ifsti.com

Speaking at the conference were: (from l-r) Mr Dermott Jewell, CEO, Consumers’ Association of Ireland and a member of the FSAI Consultative Council; Dr Linda Lea, Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever; Dr Edward Bourke, IFSTI President; Dr Gerhard Schrauzer, Alltech, USA and Dr Pat O’Mahony, FSAI. 

Also speaking were Dr Muireann Cullen, FSAI and a member of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute and Prof Brian McKenna, University College Dublin. 

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