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Food safety is vitally important for everyone
August/September 2008 www.businessnetworkmagazine.com
PEOPLE have the right to expect the food they eat to be safe. Food safety is important for everyone, whether working in a food business, eating out or consuming food at home,
writes Simon Gannon, marketing manager for The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH). Poor standards of can lead to food poisoning which is at best unpleasant but, in the worst cases, it can be fatal, particularly for the very young or elderly. The Food Standards Agency has recently estimated that the costs of food borne illness due to cases arising from food businesses are in the order of £900million per year. It takes a great deal of effort to build up a good reputation in food businesses but, if food safety problems occur, then reputations and profits will undoubtedly suffer. In some cases, the business may not survive the loss of consumer and business confidence. There is also the potential for legal action and for punitive penalties to be imposed by the local environmental health department. Whatever the consequences, poor hygiene and food safety management are likely to be costly and so investment in good standards of safety and hygiene are good for business. In order to produce safe food it is essential to have effective hygiene controls. The international approach is based on establishing essential principles of food hygiene throughout the food chain. The use of a food safety management system, based on the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) approach, is also recommended. An effective system will identify the food hazards and implement appropriate control procedures at critical points to ensure the safety of the food throughout its shelf life. Training is important for all those involved in food operations. For managers, supervisors and food handlers, the requirements may be different but everyone needs to be aware of their roles and responsibilities in protecting food from contamination or deterioration. The CIEH offers a range of quality controlled, accredited food safety qualifications based on international standards for managers supervisors and food handlers. These are sector specific for food manufacturing, retail and catering sectors. CIEH qualifications are a way for food businesses to demonstrate how they have objectively complied with critical food safety training requirements.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The European Campaign for Safety & Health at Work launches on October 20th 2008. The 2 year campaign aims to raise awareness about the benefits of completing and implementing a risk assessment in your workplace. Training your employees about the importance of conducting a risk assessment and showing them how to do is a key focus of this campaign.
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Statistics on work-related ill-health, injuries, dangerous occurrences, enforcement and gas safety.
2.2 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work.
646 000 of these were new cases in the last 12 months.
2037 people died of mesothelioma (2005), and thousands more from other occupational cancers and lung diseases.
241 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.8 per 100 000 workers.
141 350 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR, a rate of 535.1 per 100 000 employees.
274 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 1000 per 100 000 workers.
36 million days were lost overall (1.5 days per worker), 30 million due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.
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Some anti-bacterial products may be no better than soap and water, watchdogs warned yesterday.
A cheaper same brand non-anti-bacterial product may also be better at killing germs like MRSA.
Which? tested 18 washing-up liquids on bacteria grown on sponges and dishes. The best was Fairy's Original at 90p which was 89 per cent effective - but its antibacterial version at £1.38p was just 71 per cent.
Worst was Asda Eco-Friendly at 30 per cent.
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Following the merger of the
Royal Society of Health (RSH) and the Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH) on October 1st 2008, the new name will be the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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