Press Release: Wednesday 12 March 2025
Minister Murnane O’Connor welcomes the publication of new research on Slush Drinks with Glycerol
The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, today welcomed the publication of a report on Slush Drinks with Glycerol.
The research is titled ‘Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks’ and was authored by a group of Irish and UK based clinicians and published in the British Medical Journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Among the report’s recommendations are the avoidance of slush drinks for children below the age of eight years of age.
Minister Murnane O’Connor said:
“As a Minister whose portfolio covers food safety and health promotion, I welcome publication of this research paper, and I have asked my Department and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to review the findings of the paper. Public health for children is a priority for my Department and I will continue to endorse the work of agencies including the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and Safefood in this area.”