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Killian Barry Appointed Chair of Prepared Consumer Foods Council
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the business association within Ibec representing homegrown and international manufacturers and suppliers across the food and drink sector, today announced Killian Barry, Danone Ireland Managing Director, as the new Chair of the Prepared Consumer Foods (PCF) Council.
What is a health claim?
In our last blog we explained what nutritional analysis is and what is meant by a nutrition claim (high fibre, low fat etc.). You might also have heard about another type of claim on labels - “Health Claims”. A health claim is any statement about a relationship between food and health(1). And what do we mean by a “claim”? It is any message or representation including pictorial, graphic or symbolic representation which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular characteristics(2).
Retail Ireland statement following a special meeting of the Retail Forum
Following a special meeting of the Retail Forum, Retail Ireland Director Arnold Dillon said: “The retail sector fully appreciates the concerns of customers at the high levels of food inflation.
The 360 degree approach to supporting nutrition at work
Dr. Fiona Geaney, Founder and CEO of Food Choice and Adjunct Lecturer with the School of Public Health in UCC, explores the shifting workplace environment and shares her advice to employers on promoting better nutrition and lifestyle choices for their employees.
Food Trends
Food fads come and go, but others are an indication of something more persistent, a trend rather than a fad. Some food trends are connected to a wider picture, such as climate change and climate action and the importance of sustainable production within that context. Connected to this then are global supply chains, the availability of ingredients and food security.
Nutritional analysis, labelling & claims explained
When you look at the Nutritional Labelling on the packaged foods you buy (check out our Blogs on Food Labels and Nutritional Labelling from January and May 2020), you’ll see a panel showing the energy values and various levels of fat, carbohydrate, protein and so on. Have you ever wondered how this is all worked out?
Case law highlights breaches of employment permit and working time rules in food service sector
The Workplace Relations Commissions annual report recently reported that out of 77 successful prosecutions for employment breaches in 2024 approximately two thirds involved companies in the food services sector with over 80% of these involving breaches of the Employment Permits Acts. There have been several recent decisions by the WRC in which workers have been awarded compensation and back pay for breaches in employment legislation including breaches of the Payment of Wages Act, Organisation of Working Time Act and Employment Permits Acts.
AI NPD and other TLAs
What is AI and what has it got to do with my sliced pan?!
Is bread vegan?
January is well and truly upon us. It’s the month when many people try to improve their lifestyles and diets. Eat less, move more etc! It’s also the month that has been renamed “Veganuary” and champions of the plant-based diet try to encourage and convert consumers to try or adopt veganism. One of the challenges this poses is knowing what foods are vegan and which ones are not. Not everyone is in a position to make their food from scratch, and buying ready to eat vegan foods is much easier. There is a really good selection of new plant-based food producers emerging in the marketplace.