Food and Environmental Health
Responsibilities
- Legislative Development/Policy Formulation
- Monitoring and evaluating HSE in relation to food safety and environmental health
- Provide observations on policy documents and proposed legislation
- Transportation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
- Regulation of sunbed use.
Staff
| Principal Officer | John Keegan |
|---|---|
| Chief Environmental Officer | Siobhan McEvoy |
| Assistant Principal Officers | Dave Maguire |
Contact
- Telephone: 01 - 635 4000
- Fax: 01 - 635 4001
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is a science-based body dedicated to protecting public health and consumer interests and is responsible for the enforcement of all food safety legislation in Ireland. It also supports the Department of Health and Children in its formulation of food policy and legislation. The FSAI is the Central Competent Authority with overall responsibility for the enforcement of food legislation in Ireland.
Key Links from Food Safety Authority of Ireland website and European Commission including food additives and ingredients.
Additives
- Food Additives (from the FSAI website).
- "Food Safety - From the Farm to the Fork (Additives)" from the European Commission website.
- "Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC)" from the European Food Safety Authority.
Flavourings
- Food Flavourings (from the FSAI website).
- "Food Safety - From the Farm to the Fork (Flavourings)"from the European Commission website.
European Communities
S.I. No. 344 of 2011 European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 - expenses incurred in carrying out additional official controls and enforcement measures in cases of non-compliance. View further information here
Labelling
A new regulation on labelling is curently being transposed into Irish Law. It is Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004.
This Regulation will replace the current requirements for the labelling of foodstuffs set out in Directive 2000/13/EC and the nutrition labelling requirements of Directive 90/496/EEC. Some of the new requirements of this Regulation include the introduction of a minimum font size for mandatory information, allergen labelling for foods sold unpackaged, labelling requirements regarding foodstuffs sold via the internet , country of origin labelling and it also introduces mandatory nutrition labelling for many prepackaged foodstuffs.
