Food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness or foodborne disease) is any illness that results from eating contaminated food. Below is a guide to the 17 most common types of food poisoning. This ...

i. Is there evidence that there are risk assessments for all activities, are specific and signed by a competent person. Auditor to also check that that the risk assessments have been reviewed annually ...

It is a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to have shared all significant findings from the fire safety risk assessment with employees. e.g. discussed and included ...

The purpose of this document is to clearly set out how DDS proposes to implement and successfully deliver a quality Fire Safety Risk Assessment programme. To create the foundations and framework from ...

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been taken to court recently by Wandsworth Council following an incident that left one of its employees half-blinded in one eye. The company was prosecuted after a ...

A pub landlord has pleaded guilty to eight fire safety offences after failing to understand he had become responsible for fire safety when his lease changed. Robert Vincent Ashton of Westbourne Road, ...

This article has been written to work as a reference when you are completing a health and safety workplace accident report and investigation. It is always good practice to record an accident however ...

The owner of the Beach Break Cafe fish and chip shop in Brighton has been fined £21,000 for failing to comply with fire safety regulations. Brighton Magistrates Court heard how the property only had ...

A list of expensive fines given to companies who have been in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Gurpartap Singh Bhullar is a landlord from Slough, Berkshire. Bhullar appeared ...

This post is part of the “Focus on Health and Safety Audit Questions” series. A series which focuses on questions asked by our health and safety consultants when conducting a health and safety audit.

In our ongoing effort to make the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System health and safety and food safety auditing process more efficient for our customers, risk assessors and consultants, the audit ...

The Myth Busters Challenge Panel was set-up by the The Health and Safety Executive to investigate decisions or advice given in the name of health and safety which could be wrong. Anyone can contact ...