Healthy Eating, Food Safety and Food Legislation: A Guide Supporting the Healthy Ireland Food Pyramid
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Flynn, M.A.T. & Bennett, A.E., Healthy Eating, Food Safety and Food Legislation: A Guide Supporting the Healthy Ireland Food Pyramid, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, January, 2019Download Item:
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This guide provides extended information to support the Healthy Ireland Food
Pyramid 2016, which is based on international best practice and tailored to meet
the specific needs of Ireland’s population. These healthy eating guidelines are
designed to protect people at every age and stage (from five years old) against
heart disease and cancer, which are the major causes of diet-related ill health in
this country. This guide provides the reasons behind recommendations such as
why eating different-coloured vegetables is protective and why different fats and
oils are best, as well as covering issues such as how to use nutrition labelling to
select the best foods, etc.
This food guide includes information on food safety and food legislation relating
to nutrition in Ireland. For example, it explains in detail how to safely maintain
vitamin D status at Ireland’s latitude given the natural food sources, fortified
food and food supplements available. Now that nutrition labelling is mandatory,
this guide includes advice on how these labels can be used to guide consumers
towards healthy choices from the ever-increasing variety of foods on offer
(e.g. cereals and yogurts).
In addition, this guide describes how exposure to contaminants such as
acrylamide can be minimised and how reformulation by the food industry can
positively impact Ireland’s food environment. Finally, it highlights the importance
of accurate allergen labelling in keeping consumers safe, in addition to the many
other nutritional issues that health professionals, catering services and food
businesses in Ireland encounter.
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Author: Bennett, Annemarie; Food Safety Authority
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Healthy eating, Food pyramid, Food safety, Food legislation, Healthy IrelandSubject (TCD):
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