Food Law - Blog Entries
The Agri-Food Sector in the Cork Region: Cork County Mayor’s Conference 2012
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
I had an excellent day yesterday speaking at the Cork County Mayor’s Conference on the Agri-Food Sector in the Cork Region at the Trident Hotel in Kinsale. It was great to share a platform with Professor Pat Wall from UCD, Professor Alan Reilly from the FSAI, the County Manager Martin Riordan along [...]
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Court order ends Ivory Tower’s unworldly isolation from food safety laws
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s lawyers have been busy in recent times. On Friday 9 December 2011 the FSAI secured an order from the High Court directing the closure of the Ivory Tower restaurant on Prince’s Street in Cork and prohibiting the establishment’s proprietor Seamus O’Connell and any other person having [...]
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LIMERICK CRECHE FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO E. COLI O26 OUTBREAK
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
A crèche in Limerick has been asked to close by the HSE as a result of an outbreak of Verocytotoxigenic E. coli O26. The reason for the closure is to enable all staff and children attending the crèche to be screened. RTE has reported that fewer than ten children have been infected, [...]
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FRENCH FOOD COPS INVESTIGATE BURGER MAKER IMPLICATED IN E. COLI OUTBREAK
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Recent dramatic developments in France have their origins in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 which occurred in June of this year when eight children living in and around the city of Lille were hospitalized with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) after consuming contaminated hamburgers. The children were between 18 months and 8 [...]
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IMPLICATION OF FRESH PRODUCE IN MULTIPLE LISTERIA OUTBREAKS A POTENTIALLY WORRYING DEVELOPMENT
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Listeria monocytogenes is no stranger to food safety professionals. It is one of the more common pathogens that can cause serious food poisoning in consumers. The fact that it is not usually heat resistant means that, apart from the risk of contaminating other food which it is in contact with, any products [...]
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LAW SUITS RELATING TO JENSEN FARMS LISTERIA OUTBREAK BEGIN TO EMERGE
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Anyone who keeps an eye on topical food safety issues will be aware that the past few weeks have seen the blogosphere ablaze with reports of a spate of foodborne illness of horrific proportions playing itself out in the US. The Jensen Farms Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak has straddled the United States from [...]
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EFFECTIVE REGULATION OF RAW MILK THE PRIDE AND JOY OF WASHINGTON
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
As artisan producers in this country anxiously await the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s final word on whether or not the sale of raw milk will be banned in the Republic of Ireland, the recent case involving the Pride & Joy Creamery based in Granger, Yakima County, Washington, United States provides [...]
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O’DONOVAN ROSSA AUTUMN SCHOOL ON FOOD SAFETY 2011: FOOD FOR RECOVERY
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
John is speaking at the second annual O’Donovan Rossa Autumn School on Food Safety 2011 entitled “Food for Recovery: Turning the economic tide with a vision for the agri-food and marine sectors and the environment”. The School will be held at the National Marine Headquarters in Clonakilty, West Cork over two days [...]
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THE MAN FROM DEL MONTE SAYS…SUE!
Monday, September 12th, 2011
A lawsuit filed in the US by the fruit-producing giant Del Monte Fresh against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be watched with interest by food producers and food safety regulators alike on this side of the Atlantic. The case involves an outbreak of Salmonella which occurred earlier this year. [...]
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BITTER-SWEET DISCOURSE AT THE SUGAR CLUB
Friday, September 9th, 2011
It was a pleasure to have been invited to contribute at the Raw Milk Debate held at the Sugar Club on last Tuesday the 6th September. However, the experience was somewhat bitter-sweet. While it is always gratifying to hear intelligent people speaking passionately on opposing sides of a proposition, it was a [...]
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