Safefood, the all-island agency responsible for promoting food safety and healthy eating has announced the appointment of two new members to its Advisory Board, one of whom is Galway-based Elaine Clohosey.
Ms Clohosey is a Technical Manager with BWG Foods and has worked for the company since 2004.
As a Technical Manager on the Food Solutions’ team, she advises on food safety matters to more than 1,000 independent retailers across BWG’s nationwide network of SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE and Londis retailers.
An Honours graduate of UCC, her qualifications also include Dip. Dairy Science, BSc. Food Business and MSc. Food Retailing. She recently added an MSc in Food Safety Management from Technological University Dublin.
“I am very proud to be appointed to the Safefood Advisory Board and to join a team who have a passion about promoting food safety and providing nutritional advice across the island of Ireland,” said Ms Clohosey. “Through my active and enthusiastic contributions, I hope to support Safefood ’s work positively and constructively during my time on the Board.”
Dr Elaine Mooney is a lecturer in the School of Home Economics at St Angela’s College, Sligo and a Home Economics and Biology graduate of the college. She has an MSc in Food Science from UCD and a PhD from University of Ulster. Dr Mooney is also Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Home Economics at St Angela's College.
“It is a great privilege to have been appointed to the Advisory Board of Safefood,” said Dr Mooney. “I am passionate about nutrition and healthy eating, and I intend to use my expertise in food education to assist the organisation’s important work of promoting a better understanding of healthy eating across the island.”
Safefood Chief Executive Officer Dr Gary A. Kearney added; “We are very pleased to welcome Dr Mooney and Ms Clohosey to Safefood’s Advisory Board. They each bring a wealth of experience and expertise and I am certain that their input will be invaluable to our organisation.”
Safefood’s Advisory Board is a broadly representative group which provides strategic advice to the Chief Executive and senior management team. The Board meets every six weeks. These appointments bring the total current membership of the Board to ten. Appointments to the Board are nominated by Ministers in both Ireland and Northern Ireland and ratified by the North South Ministerial Council. Safefood has no role in this process.
