Practical food law - health and safety essentials

Why attend

This new course is aimed particularly at those with newly acquired or potential management responsibility for Health and Safety at Work.

Assuming no prior knowledge, this one-day briefing will combine easy-to-understand interactive presentations using examples drawn from the food and drink industry, with practical exercises based on realistic food processing environments. Tutors will include a range of specialists including a member of the Campden BRI legislation team with prior experience in health and safety enforcement.

Course content

• Framework of legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1970
• Establishing a Health and Safety Policy
• Preventing accidents: to include case studies and practical exercises based on realistic food and processing environments
• Hot topics, to include:
  –REACH legislation and how it impacts on the food industry
  –Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
  –Migrant workers in the food industry
  –Respiratory disease in bakeries - part of the HSE disease reduction programme

"Ensuring the safety of staff, contractors and visitors is a key responsibility for all employers. Understanding your legal duties and being aware of recommended good practice, will provide you with the confidence to review your systems and procedures to confirm that workplace risks are being effectively assessed and managed."

Ruth Price – Event Director

Further information

For further information or to check availability contact the Training Department on +44 (0)1386 842104 or