Production, preparation, storage and transportation — none of these aspects of food manufacturing are complete without temperature control. Whether workers are packaging frozen fish or loading dough into blazing furnaces, they must handle temperatures that far exceed the usual comfort...
The Hazardous Nature of Food Processing Plants : In 2014, a large UK food manufacturer had to pay an £800,000 fine after a serious industrial accident. An engineer was trapped by the machinery while examining a conveyor belt and suffered...
When former British Prime Minister, Teresa May, proclaimed that she wasn’t opposed to scraping off mold from the top of a jar of jam and eating the product underneath, it sparked a conversation about what mouldy foods were safe to...
New data has shown that slips, trips and falls account for 29% of non-fatal employee injuries. The HSE has released the yearly UK workplace fatality figures, and it poses both positive and negative results. Here, we’ll look at what the...
Manufacturing Employers Improving Support for Bereaved Workers : According to a new study of 2,000 recently bereaved UK employees, the manufacturing sector is doing more than other industries to support employees through bereavement, both immediately following a death and in...
Aramark’s 16,000 employees to be joined by thousands of people from client employment sites all across the UK, Ireland and in the North Sea. 49% of working adults regularly feel stressed at work with more women experiencing stress than men,...
Elmac Technologies, world leaders in the supply of flame and explosion protection products, has secured a partnership agreement in India with Envisafe Protection Technologies. The agreement will see Elmac Technologies further expand their presence in Asia and is another step...
Two tray sealers that combine compact designs with high throughputs will be the major highlights of the Proseal stand at this year’s IFFA exhibition. The tray sealing specialist will also demonstrate its ProTect security system as part of a detailed...
Victor Chirilas, Operations Manager at Mainmark UK, explores how unstable foundations can impact health, safety, performance and the operation of your manufacturing business. When it comes to reviewing your workplace health and safety practices and business efficiencies, it is important...
It is a common misconception that when machinery is switched off that the energy within the system has disappeared. Serious injury or fatalities can occur when stored energy within a system is not safely isolated before maintenance or cleaning takes...
