http://hdl.handle.net/10147/214220 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:30:13 GMT 2013-06-20T12:30:13Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292729 Title: Audit of official controls in food business operations catering for high risk population groups supervised by environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive Corrective Action Plan Authors: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292729 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292728 Title: Hospital pharmacy in Ireland Authors: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Description: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) commissioned Horwath Bastow Charleton (now Crowe Horwath) in mid-2011 to conduct a study to provide an understanding of the nature and type of hospital pharmacy services currently being delivered in Ireland, and to review and report on the international profile of the standards of hospital pharmacy service and care delivery. Crowe Horwath was assisted in this project by senior academic pharmacists in the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the UK. This study followed a similar assignment conducted in 2010, when we completed a baseline study of community pharmacy in Ireland on behalf of the PSI. Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292728 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292698 Title: Audit of official controls in food business operations catering for high-risk population groups supervised bu environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive Authors: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Description: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has completed an audit of the food safety controls performed by the environmental health service (EHS) of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in hospitals and crèches1. The audit was undertaken as part of the planned programme of audits, carried out by the FSAI in 2012 to determine the level of compliance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (Official Controls) and the service contract in place between the HSE and the FSAI. The project included an audit in four EHS areas - one in each of the four environmental health regions. The first part of the audit involved an audit of paperwork associated with official controls, including the establishment’s files and inspection reports. The second part involved audits of two food business operations (one crèche producing meals onsite and one hospital) in each area. The audit results were largely positive and the controls in place were generally effective. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292698 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292695 Title: Investigation into levels of dioxins, furans, polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants in fishery products in Ireland Authors: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Description: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland in collaboration with the Marine Institute (MI) has carried out a further surveillance study of levels of dioxins (PCDDs), furans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish, in addition to those already carried out in 2001 and 2004. The study was carried out in a variety of wild and farmed finfish species and also prawns and cultivated mussels available on the Irish market. It was undertaken because of concern about the possible effects on human health of these biopersistent environmental contaminants, known to be present in a number of foodstuffs including, in particular, fish, meat, eggs and dairy products. Furthermore, the study also proactively monitored fish and other seafood for a number of emerging new contaminants, in order to contribute to the knowledge base on the occurrence of these contaminants in food and to aid national and international efforts in their management. These include the brominated flame retardants and related compounds, some of which are known to be persistent and hence, like PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs, are regarded as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/292695 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z