In Northern Ireland on average there are 2.2 fast food outlets within a 400m radius of a secondary school and on average 0.8 grocery retailers within a 400m radius.
Derry City and Strabane District Council, along with the Food Standards Agency (FSA), has introduced nutritional standards in its vending machines at Foyle Arena.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed the results of research undertaken in partnership with local councils, into children’s meals served in restaurants in Northern Ireland.
The Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland has published its 2022 Eating Well Choosing Better consumer tracker survey.
Research published by the Food Standards Agency today shows the cost of food is a future major worry for three out of four of people in the UK.
Karri Kitchen wins the FSA-sponsored Healthier Product Innovation award at the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Awards 2022.
Updated Nutritional Standards have been introduced in hospital restaurants and cafés, vending machines and retail outlets. They are designed to make healthier food choices available for staff and visitors in Health and Social care settings.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Northern Ireland (NI) has launched an integrated marketing campaign across NI to encourage people to ‘Check the Label.’ The campaign is designed to educate and motivate consumers to make healthier informed choices when food shopping by looking at nutritional labels on pre-packed foods.
Here you’ll find everything you need to run a food business in Northern Ireland. We’ve provided links to allergen and dietary information, regulatory and food hygiene advice, healthy catering guidance - and so much more. Your NI food business journey starts here.
Guidance on nutritional standards and sustainability in vending.
Guidance for restaurants on providing healthier children's menu's
The FSA in Northern Ireland aims to support small and medium-sized food businesses across all sectors of the food industry to reduce the calorie, sugar, saturated fat and salt content of the food they produce, sell or serve. This resource outlines sources of funding and technical support available to food businesses in Northern Ireland to help them on their reformulation journey.
Updated Nutritional Standards have been introduced, designed to make the food on offer for staff and visitors in health and social care, hospital restaurants, cafés, vending machines and retail outlets healthier.
Reference list for the Northern Ireland Nutritional Standards in Health and Social Care settings guidance.
The development of Nutritional Standards in HSC settings has been the first step in the process towards making healthier choices available to staff and visitors across the public sector.
Food environment standards for the promotion and display of healthier options.
Nutritional Standards: Other food and drink high in fat, salt and sugar 24
Nutritional Standards: Oils and Spreads
Nutritional Standards: Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins.
Nutritional Standards: Dairy and alternatives
Nutritional Standards in HSC settings: Fruit and Vegetables
Nutritional Standards: Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates
Evidence has shown that a healthy, balanced diet with adequate amounts of physical activity can help to maintain a healthy weight and lower the risk of chronic diseases including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers.
List of the Nutritional Standards Steering group members and the name of the organisation that they work for.
The importance of a balanced diet in promoting good health is well known. Due to rising levels of obesity and the associated negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of the population in Northern Ireland (NI), it is essential to promote and provide healthier food choices.