Food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland

Planning Christmas dinner?

Use our Christmas dinner shopping planner to calculate how much food you need for your festive gathering.

Read Never wash raw poultry Cross contamination from raw poultry is one of the main causes of food poisoning at home.

Watch Cross-contamination Most food poisoning is caused by raw food contact with food that's ready to eat.

Read Kitchen hygiene 101 Good food safety means not giving bacteria a chance to get comfortable.

Read No time to cook? Master these food planning hacks to always have healthy food to hand

Read Lets #TalkAboutFood Take a look at the food that surrounds us. Is it good enough?

Read What's changed? More of us are overweight, yet we don’t have less will power, bigger appetites or different biology than previous generations.

Read Food industry tactics How the food industry pushes unhealthy food.

Recipes

Christmas dinner

Classic Christmas dinner mains, sides and trimmings

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Roast turkey

It's hard to beat a traditional roast turkey dinner, especially at Christmas and it's not as difficult to prepare as you might think. Follow our simple instructions to cook your turkey to perfection!

Honey roast ham

This is one of our most popular recipes. If the last of this delicious ham isn’t gobbled up in one meal, it can be stored in the fridge as equally tasty leftovers.

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Food Safety

From storing food safely to preparing and cooking food

Read What are foodborne viruses?

A foodborne illness is caused by consuming a food or drink that is contaminated by bacteria, viruses or parasites.

Read Never wash raw chicken

Cross contamination from raw poultry is one of the main causes of food poisoning at home.

Read What you need to know about lactose intolerance

People with a lactose intolerance don’t have enough of the enzyme lactase that helps digest milk.