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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Dr Tony Holohan was speaking ahead of a planned easing of Covid-19 restrictions on Monday.
Dr Catherine Motherway of University Hospital Limerick said the Irish health system may struggle if Covid-19 is not contained.
Do not go unless you are an at-risk person or your flu is getting worse after a week, Dr Vida Hamilton has advised.
Eleven cases of a bug that causes meningitis have been reported since the last week in December and three of those patients have died.
The FSAI has warned caterers and food businesses not to serve or offer undercooked minced beef burgers.
The IMO warns that a 1 December deadline will be missed.
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A health expert has called for the event to be moved or postponed because of the virus.
Michael Noonan got two standing ovations from party members.
Five new health warnings are to appear on every alcohol product under proposed new rules.
A public health warning has been issued over the tablets.
Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea thinks it could be time for that introduction.
Forest Eirean said smokers already know the health risks and the warnings are “unnecessarily intrusive” and “gratuitously offensive”.
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Two recent cases in the UK have led to a letter of warning being published in the medical journal The Lancet.
One case of TB has been confirmed at the Dublin 8 campus.
A new study warns that energy drinks should be avoided by children with heart problems, diabetes and ADHD – as they could lead to palpitations, seizures, cardiac abnormalities and mood swings.
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THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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