Safefood

Safefood
Safefood logo
Public Body overview
Formed 1999
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
Headquarters Cork, Republic of Ireland
Public Body executive
  • Ray Dolan (CEO)
Website www.safefood.eu

Safefood, stylised safefood (also known as The Food Safety Promotion Board; FSPB) (Irish language: An Bord um Chun Cinn Sabháilteachta Bia; Ulster Scots language: Tha Mait Safetie Forderin Buird) is the public body responsible for raising consumer awareness of issues relating to food safety and healthy eating across the island of Ireland. Founded in 1999, Safefood is one of six North-South implementation bodies established jointly by the British and Irish governments under the terms of the British-Irish Agreement Act.[1]

Safefood headquarters are in Little Island, Cork, with a second office in Dublin City centre.

Structure

Safefood is a multi-directorate organisation. The chief executive is guided by a twelve-member Advisory Board and a thirteen-member Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), taking policy direction from the North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC).

Activities

Safefood is a multidisciplinary organisation employing expertise in both food science and nutrition. The body's research, educational and promotional activities center on the subjects of food safety[2][3][4][5] and healthy eating[6][7][8][9] and are delivered via media campaigns (e.g. television and radio advertisements and social media) and the publication of information resources for consumers and other stakeholders.

Examples of Safefood consumer campaigns on tackling overweightness and obesity amongst adults include Stop the Spread[10] and Weigh-2-Live[11] whilst safefood's If you Could see the Germs Spread[12] campaign aims to raise awareness amongst consumers of the health risks associated with poor food hygiene practices in the home.

In addition to media campaigns, Safefood core-funds the development and dissemination of educational resources on the topics of healthy eating and food hygiene practice for the pre-school, primary school and post-primary school curriculum in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (e.g. Safefood for Life and Tastebuds).

Safefood's scientific research activities include the support of professional collaboration via its Knowledge Networks programme and the publication of independent scientific reports aimed at consumers, public health and industry professionals and researchers.

Further reading

  • Citizen's Information[13]
  • The North-South Ministerial Council[14]

References

  1. ↑ BRITISH-IRISH AGREEMENT ACT, 1999 (see Annex 1, Part 2)
  2. ↑ Irish Examiner – EU in Ireland
  3. ↑ O'Carroll, Sinead. "Dirty dishcloths: E.coli found on more than a quarter of household cloths". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. ↑ Children seriously ill from deadly bug – irishhealth.com
  5. ↑ "Over a quarter of dishcloths contain e.coli, survey finds". 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  6. ↑ "Nutritionists warn against fad diets". 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  7. ↑ "Fast food meals equal whole day's calories". 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  8. ↑ Pizzas really deliver the calories, experts warn – The Irish Times – Tue, Feb 28, 2012
  9. ↑ "Too much salt can leave more than just a bad taste - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  10. ↑ Safe food, stop the spread Archived 30 January 2013 at Archive.is
  11. ↑ "Politicians lend weight to campaign". 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  12. ↑ Waterford Today – New safefood research 'dishes the dirt' on dishcloths Archived 13 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Citizensinformation.ie. "Safefood - the Food Safety Promotion Board". www.citizensinformation.ie. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  14. ↑ "Food Safety Promotion Board". North South Ministerial Council. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
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