This trilateral Forum, set up in 2004, comprises representatives from HSE's Food Section, the Food and Drink Federation, other key food/drink trade associations and the main food industry trade unions. Meetings are held twice a year to discuss, prioritise and drive forward a range of health and safety initiatives, with members working together to further reduce injuries and occupational ill health. An occupational health sub-committee, reporting to the Forum, also meets every six months. The Forum organises an annual Occupational H&S in the Food Industry Conference.
The Forum is an expansion and cohesion of earlier liaison arrangements which existed separately between the HSE and the Food and Drink Federation, the main food industry trade unions and other food/drink trade associations.
In 2004 the Forum produced a 'Common Strategy' document which set out the challenge, areas for improvement, objectives, proposed action/targets and actions each party will undertake to implement the strategy.
This document is a revision of a much earlier version to which only the Food and Drink Federation, main food industry trade unions and HSE were signatories.
