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The Watson Project’s “Food Detectives” comic explains how food fraud happens and why it’s important to track where food comes from, building on the Euronews series. It also shows how an EU-funded HorizonEU project is developing tools to trace food along the supply chain, helping prevent fraud and making food safety science easier to understand.

Avian flu cases in birds across Europe are starting to fall after a very high peak over autumn and winter. Overall outbreaks were still higher than usual, but the risk to the public remains low.

The European Commission has introduced TraceMap, an AI tool that helps authorities identify food fraud, track contamination and recall products faster.

The meeting, chaired by Susan Jebb of the Food Standards Agency, will take place at Best Western Hotel Rembrandt at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 25 March, and is open to the public to attend in person or online with prior registration.

The agreement shows a shared goal to encourage innovation and competitiveness while keeping high safety standards. Over the next three years, the partners will work together on science-based solutions to support safe, sustainable and resilient food systems, aligned with One Health.

Experts say sucralose is safe at its currently approved levels, as people consume less than the safe daily limit, but there isn’t enough evidence to say it would be safe to use it more widely.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland invites artisan food producers to join the Artisan Forum, supporting focused discussion on food safety challenges and opportunities while working together to promote compliance and the highest food safety and hygiene standards.

The NDA Panel found safety concerns with CBD, especially for the liver, gut, hormones, nerves, and reproduction. A provisional safe dose for high-purity CBD supplements is about 2 mg/day for adults, but safety isn’t confirmed for young people, pregnant or breastfeeding women, or anyone on other medications.

Fish fraud is widespread in markets around the world, taking many different forms. According to a new FAO report, a growing number of tools are being developed to help detect and prevent it.

The FSA tested 380 raw pet foods and addressed issues found. The results stress the importance of good hygiene to reduce illness risk.

Join the discussion at the Convention Centre Dublin at an event focused on navigating misinformation in food safety. The session will address how inaccurate information can undermine trust, distort risk perception, and impact public health.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published its Science Strategy 2026–2030, outlining how science will continue to underpin its work in protecting public health and ensuring safe, trustworthy food for all.