Events

National food and drink manufacture health and safety conference (28-29 September 2010)

Following the success of previous annual conferences the Food and Drink Manufacturing Health & Safety Forum and the Food and Drink Group of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) will be running another two-day conference in September 2010.

The conference programme will have the theme 'Delivering health and safety solutions' and cover a range of important topics including an analysis of injuries in the sector and guidance on working at heights, manual handling, workplace transport, machinery safety and behavioural safety.

The conference is aimed at a wide audience - directors, factory managers, site managers, plant designers, health and safety officers, occupational health professionals, HR/personnel managers, process development managers, technical managers, supervisors, trade union safety representatives etc..

There will be places for 150 delegates, however early booking is recommended as the previous seven events were fully subscribed.

Venue: The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxford

Date/time: 28-29 September 2010

Booking: Booking arrangements

Local food industry Health and Safety Groups

In recent years many food manufacturers have jointly set up health and safety groups in their region. These include:

Food Industry Safety and Health Network (FISHNET) covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
Food Industry Regional Safety Team (FIRST) covering Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire
Northwest Food and Drink Group covering west and north Yorkshire
Somerset and Dorset Food Industry Group
Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Food Industry Health and Safety Group
North West London Food Industry Safety Group

In addition there are many local general industry health and safety groups in existence. Two which have a largely food industry membership are:

Humberside Occupational Health and Safety Group (RoSPA) covering Hull and Yorkshire
South Humberside Health and Safety Group (RoSPA) covering Grimsby and Lincolnshire

As contact details for these groups change frequently it is not possible to provide contact addresses on this page. However contact details can be obtained from HSE's Food and Drink Manufacture Section.