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Meat industry health and safety guidance notes
07 February 2007
Guidance notes on health and safety in the meat industry are now available on the website of the British Meat Processors Association.
The guidance notes have been developed over a number of years by the tripartite meat trades joint working party involving Usdaw, HSE and trade associations. Previously they were only available as priced publications in paper form. But now the BMPA has made them available free of charge in the public are of their website - www.bmpa.uk.com/content/Home.asp.
The guidance covers a range of commonly used machinery and equipment such as bowl choppers, bandsaws, hand knives and mechanical deboning systems. It also gives advice on risk assessment in the industry and on priority health and safety topics such as workplace transport, control of hazardous substances and thermal comfort
Doug Russell, Health and Safety Officer for the union, said,‘The Meat Trades Joint Working Party is one of the longest running tripartite forums in the food industry and has an excellent record for raising standards. Usdaw is pleased to have been involved in the production of these guidance notes. The BMPA’s offer to make them freely available in a web-based form is a welcome move. The guides provide practical information on the issues that matter in the industry. The thermal comfort guide, for example, gives authoritative guidance on protective clothing and work/rest patterns in freezers and cold stores that is not readily available elsewhere. Usdaw safety reps in the industry will find them very helpful.’
To see a copy of the guidance notes click here
Download File:
BMPA Guidance Notes [ pdf ]
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