Home About Paula Blog Breakfast Club Talks / Workshops Your Health Food Industry What's New Contact Links Sitemap                             10 Steps to Detox          Submit your details to receive this free document Name: Email: Paula's Medfit Clinic                   Personal Consultations Read more                        Paula shows us how to use dairy in cooking to make easy yet delicious snacks        Click to watch video                                             Search        Click here to Search the website                        Follow me        Recipes Talks & Workshops Food Industry Contact Paula What's New                      Hello and welcome        I was delighted to be asked to be one of the judges at this years Knorr Student Chef of the Year Competition. The competition saw 14 of Ireland’s most talented student chefs from catering colleges all across the country go head-to-head in a cooking contest, before Jack O'Keeffe, from Cork I.T. was crowned this year’s winner. He served a starter of sea food salad, followed by a main course of slow cooked cannon of lamb breast, sweet breads with aubergine caviar, spinach velouté and carrot glaze. Along with his trophy, Jack won a once-in-a-lifetime culinary adventure to Girona in Spain where he will take part in an exclusive Catalan cooking master class and dine at the Michelin-starred El Cellar De Can Roca restaurant. Overall, I was hugely impressed with their creativity and culinary flair and have no dount that the future of Ireland's restaurants are in safe hands!        BSc, Dip Dietetics MSc in Health Sciences, Dip Allergy, MINDI                      If you work in the Food Industry, you may be interested in the following……               NEW EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation and Food Information Regulation On 14th December 2012, the European Commission adopted a list of 222 EU approved health claims for use on foods (Regulation 432 / 2012), which are permitted for use in commercial communications to consumers This means that health claims that have not been specifically authorised will need to be removed from all commercial communications on the EU market, or amended to meet the new rules. Whilst this is a big constraint for companies promoting “rejected” health claims, the Health Claims Regulation provides opportunities for food companies to use approved health claims in line with the recommended conditions of use. In addition, this Regulation lays down harmonised rules across the European Union for the use of nutrition claims such as “low fat”, “high fibre”. If you are unsure as to how this Regulation affects you and your company, Paula Mee Nutrition Consulting can provide you with expertise to help you:        Understand how the Regulation affects you Ensure you are compliant with the Regulation Identify how you can benefit from the list of approved nutrition and health claims We can also advise you on Regulation No. 1169/2011 – the Food Information Regulation. This will apply from 13th December 2014 and will have a significant impact on how food businesses communicate with consumers. It applies to food businesses at all stages of the food chain and addresses diverse issues such as               font size allergen labelling of non-prepacked foods nutrition declaration front of pack labelling origin labelling internet marketing        For more information on how we can help you with any of the above Regulations, please contact paula@paulamee.com               Individual Dietary Assessment and Advice        If you would like a personal consultation to optimise your nutritional intake, qualified dietitians Paula Mee and Eimear Walsh are available in Medfit. At your appointment you will receive a printed body composition analysis and individual dietary assessment.        Click here to read more        To make an appointment or for further information please phone Medfit on 01 278 4423.                                      Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.                   © Paula Mee 2011 Privacy Statement        Home page                Powered by go2web