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Food and Nutrition within the Intellectual Disability Sector and in a Care Home Setting
Care Home Setting: Each Residential Centre must develop a comprehensive Nutritional Policy based on 10 key points which range from serving Safe Food to having a Resident Center Approach. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) have recognized the vital role that food and nutrition plays in terms of health and well-being in Residential Care […]
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E cigarettes in your Food Business
Many of our Food Business clients are concerned about the use of E-cigarettes in restaurants and other food businesses and our Tobacco Free Policy is increasingly facing difficulties arising from the use of electronic cigarettes by members of the public in Restaurants and Bars. The HSE is also concerned that because the devices resemble ordinary […]
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Some more info on our Food and Nutrition in a Care Home Course
As interest and demand for our Food and Nutrition in the Care Home course is growing I decided I would give a bit more background to the course and how and why we developed it. HIQA selected, last Autumn, one of our major clients to conduct a themed Food and Nutrition audit. HIQA forwarded a […]
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FETAC Level 6 HACCP Works!
Mary Daly Associates are pleased to launch the FETAC Level 6 -“HACCP Works-Food Safety Management for Business” This part time programme is designed to enable learners to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, implement and evaluate their food safety management system, based on the HACCP principals and in accordance with best practice and […]
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Allergy awareness
For us in the Food Industry, it further increases our awareness of Allergies We extend our sympathy to the family of Emma Sloan, who died from a nut allergy in Dublin on Wednesday. What a tragic loss to her family, particularly at Christmas time. For us in the Food Industry, it further increases our awareness […]
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