Common risks in food and drink manufacturing industries

The food and drink manufacturing industry actually comprises over 30 different industries. These include slaughterhouses, meat, poultry and fish processing, grain mills, maltings, bakeries, sugar confectionery, fruit and vegetable processing, oils and fats, margarine and edible oils, pasta, baby foods and dairies. Drinks manufacture includes production of soft drinks, beer and cider production, wines, spirits and and whisky distilling.

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  1. Food & drink manufacturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/index.htm
  2. Common risks - in food and drink manufacturing industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/industries.htm
  3. Meat, poultry and fishhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/slaughter.htm
  4. Milling, animal feedshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/grain.htm
  5. Bakery productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/bakery.htm
  6. Dairy productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dairy.htm
  7. Fruit and vegetableshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/fruitveg.htm
  8. Alcoholic and soft drinkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/drink.htm
  9. Chilled and frozen products https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/chilled.htm
  10. Supply chainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/chain.htm
  11. Safety risks overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/safety-hazards.htm
  12. Manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/handling.htm
  13. Slips on wet or contaminated floorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/slips.htm
  14. Falls from heighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/falls.htm
  15. Workplace transporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/transport.htm
  16. Struck by somethinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/struckby.htm
  17. Overview - Food processing machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/machinery.htm
  18. European CEN 'C' Standards for food processing machineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/standards.htm
  19. Packaging machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/package.htm
  20. Overview - Prevention of dust explosionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dustexplosion.htm
  21. Selection and use of vacuum cleanershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dustexplosionapp1.htm
  22. Explosion relief for small bins and siloshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dustexplosionapp2.htm
  23. Overview - Occupational health topicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/healthtopics.htm
  24. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/musculoskeletal.htm
  25. Dermatitishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dermatitis.htm
  26. Noise induced hearing losshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/noise.htm
  27. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/asthma.htm
  28. Low dust flourhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/low-flour-dust.htm
  29. Exposure to disinfectantshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/disinfectants.htm
  30. Work-related stresshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/stress.htm
  31. Overview - Occupational rehabilitationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/index.htm
  32. OH Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/casestudies.htm
  33. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/information.htm
  34. Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/experience.htm
  35. Useful linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/links.htm
  36. Food and Drink Manufacture Health and Safety Forumhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/forum.htm
  37. Topics of interesthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/live.htm
  38. Meat, poultry and fishhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/slaughter.htm
  39. Milling, Animal feedshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/grain.htm
  40. Bakery productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/bakery.htm
  41. Dairy productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dairy.htm
  42. Fruit and vegetableshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/fruitveg.htm
  43. Alcoholic and soft drinkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/drink.htm
  44. Chilled and frozen productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/chilled.htm
  45. Supply chainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/chain.htm
  46. A recipe for safety: Occupational health and safety in food and drink manufacture https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg252.htm
  47. Moving food and drink: Manual handling solutions for the food and drink industries https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg196.htm
  48. Useful linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/links.htm
  49. Food and Drink Manufacturing Forumhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/forum.htm
  50. Federation of Bakers (FoB)https://www.fob.uk.com/
  51. Craft Bakers Associationhttps://www.craftbakersassociation.co.uk/
  52. British Meat Processors Association (BMPA)https://britishmeatindustry.org/
  53. Dairy UKhttps://www.dairyuk.org/
  54. Chilled Foods Association (CFA)https://www.chilledfood.org/
  55. British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF)https://www.bfff.co.uk/
  56. Food Standards Agencyhttps://www.food.gov.uk/
  57. IOSH Food and Drink Grouphttps://www.iosh.co.uk/groups/food_and_drink_group.aspx

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Updated 2023-06-19