Written answer
Food Safety
The Minister said the FSAI provides food-safety guidance and contracted agencies inspect providers, and asked the FSAI to respond directly about hot school meals.
212. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the guidelines that have been produced by her Department to ensure food safety standards are upheld by hot school meal providers; the number of inspections that have taken place of hot school meal providers in the past three years; and the findings and responses made by her Department, in tabular form. [74838/26]
Comment on this
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is responsible for the provision of guidance in relation to compliance with food safety legislation. The inspection of food businesses, including food businesses involved in the provision of hot school meals, is carried out by the relevant official agencies operating under service contract with the FSAI. Accordingly, I have asked the FSAI to reply directly to the Deputy.