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The recent horsemeat issue highlights how easily business reputations and consumer confidence can be damaged or lost, and further reinforces the high value for companies of having standards in place for products and services.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed confirmation that an application for Raheens Wood outside Castlebar was successful in being selected under the NeighbourWood Scheme. The recently re-opened NeighbourWood Scheme is a forestry-support initiative to assist communities to create their own 'close-to-home' woodland amenities. The Minister of State for Food Safety, Forestry and Horticulture, Shane McEntee, recently visited the woodland area to view the site with the Taoiseach following the recent opening of new Coillte offices in Castlebar.

Shellfish lovers have been warned of the dangers of gathering their own batch along the west coast after incidents of food poisoning prompted the Food Safety Authority Ireland to issue an official warning this week.

Raheens Wood which is located just outside Castlebar on the scenic Castlebar to Achill road, could be in line for a major revamp which would attract tourists and recreational users to the area.

Kilmartin’s Centra, Dublin Road, Athlone and Kilmartin’s Centra, Grove Service Station, Baylough were presented with the Supreme National Hygiene Award by Martin Kelleher, managing director, Centra and Irene Collins, managing director, Excellence Ireland at the 2012 Centra Quality Awards presentations held in Killarney recently.

The HSE West has urged people to observe simple safety tips to help them stay well and have an enjoyable New Year’s

To keep you and your family healthy this Christmas the HSE west has some safety tips:

Food safety body safefood has launched an awareness campaign to highlight how germs that cause food poisoning can easily spread in the kitchen.

A local Westport business has landed at the top of ‘The Q’ having just been named as the Group Retailer of The Year in Ireland for Hygiene and Food Safety.

Shane McEntee, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Food, Horticulture, and Food Safety has announced two Kilkenny winners of the National Organic Awards 2011 at an awards ceremony in Bord Bia.