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 2009.
The conference programme will have the theme 'Delivering the message' and cover important and topical issues including behavioural safety, communications/multicultural issues, training of managers/supervisors, interacting with contractors and health surveillance/screening.
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 six events were fully subscribed.
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nottingham
Date/time: 29-30 September 2009, commencing 1000 on the first day and finishing at 1500 on the second day.
Booking: Event details and booking
In recent years many food manufacturers have jointly set up health and safety groups in their region. These include:
In addition there are many local general industry health and safety groups in existence. Two which have a largely food industry membership are:
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 Section.