With temperatures for the week ahead set to tip the early-to-mid 20s, it's Sunday all over again, which means another helping of Food In 5 Minutes.

This week shines a light on...

• SafeFood's Talk About Food report
• Food Vision 2030 - Annual report 2023
• Food Vision 2023 - Annual report 2022
• Food Vision 2023 breakdown
• Opportunity to acquire a portfolio of KFC restaurants in Ireland
• Crunch time looms for smokey bacon crisps as EU bans potential cancerous flavouring
• EFSA: Smoke flavourings
• Member States endorse withdrawal of smoke flavourings from EU market
• Lab-grown burgers and cricket salads 'could be meal staples' by 2054
• More talk about lab-grown burgers and cricket salads

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The elections are done and dusted, I've got a few days off, a hearty breakfast and a fresh cup of coffee.

This week's story highlights include...

• Birdhill Coffee Festival
• FSAI enforcement orders for May 2024
• Full list of winners: 2024 National Dairy Awards
• EY Future Consumer Index
• Theatre of Food: Grub Circus at this year's All Together Now

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On this week's podcast, I'll take a look at

• A new survey detailing the impact of the VAT rate hike on Irish food-led businesses
• The launch of the Co-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
• How free app TooGoodToGo has helped rescue over 1m bags and boxes of food from waste
• The judging of this year's Great Taste Awards, held this past week in Tipperary and
• How scientists and chocolatiers are joining forces to help find a more sustainable approach to making chocolate

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