Sentencing Council issue new guidelines on Health & Safety offences. Guidance for Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene offenses also updated. Come in to force 1st Feb 2016 irrespective of the date of the offence. Court obliged to consider…
5p Charge for Plastic Bags in England. Follows Wales and Scotland. Effective 5th October 2015. Exemptions for uncooked fish/meat, unwrapped seeds/flowers and knives. Original Author: Assent Risk Management Original Links: N/A Content From 5th October 2015 large retailers with be obliged to…
Summary Updated guidance document. Original Author: HSE Original Link: Content A recipe for safety is for everyone in the industry, including workers, supervisors, managers, directors, health and safety professionals and health and safety representatives. The guidance covers the main health and safety hazards…
Original Author: Jazmin Taylor from Assent Risk Management Original Link: http://www.assentriskmanagement.co.uk/blog/comments.php?y=15&m=01&entry=entry150107-130824 Content As an avid food lover I eat a very wide variety of food and don’t have to worry about being allergic to any of it unlike some of my peers.…
Small food manufacturers can use the online tool created by the FSA to help them produce a Food Safety Management System based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles. Read more at
Source: BIS This consultation seeks views on the draft Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, which will amend national pre-packed food quantity labelling legislation in accordance with EU Regulation on food information to consumers (1169/2011) (FIC). This draft Statutory Instrument will…
Consultation on the Food Information Regulations (FIR) 2013 has concluded and the outcome is available for download.
Source: Food Standards Agency MyHACCP offers free step-by-step online guidance to food manufacturing and other food businesses on how to make sure you’ve got effective HACCP-based controls. Check out the tool at www.food.gov.uk/myhaccp More info:
SOURCE: EA Do you manufacture products from vegetable raw materials or from mixed animal and vegetable raw materials? The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) could affect breweries, millers, soft drinks manufacturers, vegetable processors, ready meals and other mixed product manufacturers. If…
These regulations enforce the EC regulation 1069/2009 (European Commission) relating to health rules for animal by-products, repealing EC 1774 They revoke the following previous regulations SI (Statutory Instrument) 1995/614 and 2011 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2952/contents/made?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Environment+Agency&utm_campaign=3690313_February+2014&dm_i=2WX,273GP,BJ9KL4,7Y7DS,0