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Undeclared milk in a batch of O’Sullivans Bakery Kerry Brack.
Alert Summary Today: Tuesday, 28th November 2023.
Allergy Alert Notification: 2023.A29
Allergen: Milk
Product Identification: O’Sullivans Bakery Kerry Brack; pack size: 650g
Batch Code: Best before date 11/12/2023.
Country Of Origin: Ireland
Message:
The above batch of O’Sullivans Bakery Kerry Brack contains milk which is not declared in the list of ingredients. This may make the batch unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of milk.
Tipperary Gardaí, through their Roads Policing Units, have intercepted two motor vehicles, after alerts for no insurance were detected.
The interceptions here in North Tipperary, were detected in the areas of Nenagh and Roscrea, using new Integrated Traffic Applications (App’s), which have more updated real-time data, and which can detect road users without Insurance and other offences.
The Integrated Traffic App device can scan a vehicles registration plate and automatically returns relevant data. The device can also scan a driving licence and automatically return real time information, immediately, on the roadside to the investigating Gardaí. This updated App has proved successful in identifying false or forged driving licences, uninsured and untaxed cars, stolen vehicles and disqualified drivers. This Offences App also provides offence details including penalty points and fines.
In the case of the above stated uninsured offences, the vehicles were seized and drivers will be summoned to appear, in due course, in their local district Court.
Five Persons Hospitalized Following Two-vehicle Collision In Thurles Co. Tipperary Yesterday.
As reported yesterday, it is understood that five people were hospitalised following a serious road traffic collision, involving two motor vehicles, on the N62 south of Thurles, Co Tipperary, between Turtulla Cross and Clongour Road Junction yesterday.
The serious collision which occurred yesterday morning, saw a five persons; three male juvenile teens and two women, aged in their late 40s and 50s removed to Limerick University Hospital by two helicopters, to be treated for injuries. The injuries to one teen is understood by Gardaí to be serious.
The road which was closed until late yesterday evening for examination and has now fully reopened.
Thurles Gardaí are now appealing for any witnesses to this collision to make themselves known. Road users who may have dash-cam footage and were travelling in this area between 10.30am and 11.15am are asked to make this footage available.
Persons with information are asked to contact Thurles Garda Station TEL: 0504 25100, the Garda Confidential Line TEL: 1800 666 111, or indeed any Garda Station.
- Ireland’s economy remains linear with waste generation continuing to rise. Recycling rates are not keeping pace with increasing levels of waste generation.
- Ireland is off track to meet mandatory EU recycling targets set to apply from 2025 for municipal waste, packaging waste and plastic packaging waste. These targets are set to progress the circular economy by prioritising recycling over energy recovery and landfill.
- Ireland remains overly reliant on unpredictable export markets with almost 382,000 tonnes of residual waste sent for incineration abroad.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today published the Circular Economy and Waste Statistics Highlights Report 2021. Ireland’s waste generation levels are continuing to rise and Ireland is failing to make sufficient inroads towards key EU recycling targets that apply from 2025 onwards.
The report shows:
- Waste Generation: Construction and demolition (C&D) waste increased by 10% to 9 million tonnes and packaging waste is up by 9% to 1.2 million tonnes. Municipal waste generation remained static at 3.17 million tonnes.
- Waste recycling: Municipal waste recycling rates remained unchanged at 41%, while packaging recycling fell by 4% to 58%. Just under 28% of plastic packaging generated in Ireland was recycled in 2021, with the remainder being treated by incineration (70%) and disposal (2%). Ireland is off track to meet mandatory EU recycling targets set to apply from 2025 for municipal waste, packaging waste and plastic packaging waste.
Continued high levels of waste generation coupled with stagnating recycling rates mean that it is now very unlikely that Ireland will meet mandatory EU recycling targets for municipal, plastic packaging and total packaging.
Mr David Flynn, Director of the EPA’s Office of Environmental Sustainability, said: “We continue to throw away far too much, wasting valuable materials. We live on a resource-finite planet and resource extraction causes greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss and water stress. To reduce these impacts, we must accelerate our transition from a linear economy to a circular, more resource-efficient economy. Right now, we need to focus on avoiding waste. That means reusing construction waste materials where possible, becoming better at segregating our municipal waste and vastly improving the recycling of packaging materials.”
Ireland remains heavily reliant on export for the treatment of several key waste streams in 2021. 38% of municipal waste was exported for treatment in 2021, including 382,000 tonnes of residual waste exported for energy recovery through incineration. Some 69% of packaging waste was exported for treatment.
Commenting on the findings from the report Mr Warren Phelan, Programme Manager of the EPA’s Circular Economy Programme said: “Ireland is overly reliant on the export of waste for treatment and we are vulnerable to shocks and changes in international markets. We do not have enough facilities for the treatment of non-hazardous and hazardous waste which are missed opportunities to capture the energy and economic value of these wastes.”
To address this Ireland needs to:
- Improve waste prevention especially in the C&D sector Roll-out a brown bin service for organic waste to all customers.
- Improve waste segregation by businesses and householders putting their waste into the correct bins
- Reduce our reliance on vulnerable export markets for our waste
- Fully implement our Circular Economy Plan
Further information on National waste statistics are published on the EPA website.
Circular economy and Waste Statistics Highlights Report 2021 is available on the EPA website.
Recall of a batch of “Funktional Foods This Is Hemp Powder” due to elevated levels of Delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Alert Summary Today: Monday, 27 November 2023
Category 1: For Action
Alert Notification: 2023.33
Product Identification: Funktional Foods This Is Hemp Powder; pack size 100g
Batch Code: WO4010; Best before: March 2025
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Message:
The above batch of “Funktional Foods This is Hemp Powder” is being recalled on the advice of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), due to the presence of unsafe levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9THC) in excess of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) acute reference dose.
Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
Action Required: Retailers are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.
Consumers: Consumers are advised not to consume the implicated batch.
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