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Highfield's must attend Health & Safety seminar

Highfield students top of the UK

Highfield win the FSA SFBB Contract

Record win for Harinely Council

£1.2 Million payout

Frozen raspberries cause norovirus outbreaks

Seminar News

Health and Safety Seminar

Highfield's must attend Health and Safety seminar will be held at the Brooklands hotel in Barnsley on Monday 3rd April 2006

Prize giveaway.

We are giving away free seminar spaces to 5 of our newsletter readers. Simply email your name, telephone number and address to seminargiveaway@highfield.co.uk and you will be entered for the competition. If you are not successful, but are one of the first 25 people to email back Highfield will offer you a 50% discount to attend.

Who should attend?

The seminar will be of the utmost importance to all managers or business owners who have responsibility for health and safety. It will also be invaluable to consultants, trainers and enforcement officers.

Health and Safety - What we need to know this year!

Health and Safety involves us all, fines and civil actions are increasing. Directors and managers are more at risk of being imprisoned and new health and safety legislation will affect all of our operations.
Stress, or at least failure to take the correct action in relation to employees experiencing stress, is becoming an expensive oversight which can no longer be ignored.
We have put together an experienced group of speakers who will provide many of the answers we require to avoid becoming a prosecution statistic and affecting our future livelihood.

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4 of Highfield's students are top in the UK

Each year the Royal Institute of Public Health conducts a prize giving ceremony for the highest achievers in each of its certificates and Diplomas. Over the last year four Highfield delegates have achieved the highest grades.

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Highfield win the FSA Safer Food Better Business Contract

Highfield have been contracted by the Food Standards Agency to develop a Safer Food Better Business coaching course. The courses have been so successful in 2005 that the FSA have rolled out further courses for 2006. Please contact Mike Stark at Highfield for further information or availability

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Record win for Harinely Council in food prosecution case

Harinely Council has won record court damages of almost £24,000 following a successful food safety prosecution against a local supermarket, the owner being found guilty of 6 breaches of the Food Safety Act /Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995.

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£1.2 Million payout for food poisoning victim

The victim said she was ‘happy’ with the £1.2 million in compensation awarded after developing arthritis due to food poisoning contracted from a local restaurant.

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Frozen raspberries cause norovirus outbreaks

In Spring 2005 over 1,000 people in Denmark
(6 outbreaks) were affected by norovirus

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Washing salad vegetables and fruit

Foodborne outbreaks associated with berries, melons, garlic, watercress, green onions, parsley, lettuce and tomatoes, orange juice and apple juice are assuming increased importance. Washing prior to consumption reduces the risk posed by external contamination considerably.

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The case of Wendy’s finger

Anna Ayala and her husband were jailed for 9 and 12 years respectively for trying to extort $2.5million from the restaurant chain, Wendy’s (USA).

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Salmonella outbreak associated with ice-cream balls

A Chinese restaurant in Seaford, East Sussex was fined over £20,000 (including costs) in January 2006 for selling unsafe food contrary to the General Food Regulations 2004.

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Work at height causes fatality

A recent case has brought into focus the importance of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. An electrician was replacing fluorescent light tubes at a factory. In order to take out the old defective tube and insert a new tube, he had to take both hands off the ladder he was using to access the ceiling mounted light fittings. Removing one such tube caused the electrician to fall and he died of his injuries. A colleague sustained a broken arm. The ladder’s feet were subsequently found to be defective in that they had no rubber or plastic stops to reduce the risk of the ladder moving or slipping.

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Workplace transport and the movement of goods

Another major cause of workplace fatalities, the transport of goods and movement of vehicles, is a risk for the vast majority of businesses. A national retailer has been fined £7000 after a female employee became trapped under a roll cage that had fallen off a delivery vehicle. The employee sustained serious head injuries and was taken to hospital.

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Blocked fire exits, a recurring problem in your workplace?

A national retailer, Poundland, has been fined £3000 for not keeping floors and traffic routes clear of obstructions. Now you can explain to your employees the importance of keeping fire exits and floors tidy and free from obstruction.

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At Highfield we pride ourselves on having the best quality products available in the marketplace. As we design the majority of our products completely in-house, we are able to offer these at outstanding value.

This year is very exciting in terms of product development and this section will give you the opportunity to review our latest products.

First Aid at Work

Official Book Launch February 2006

At some point in everyday life we all may be faced with a situation where emergency first aid is required. This may be at home, at work or in the street. The question that will be asked is:

Do you or your organisation know what to do if this situation arises?
Attending a First Aid course is the first step in gaining the necessary knowledge and skills. Keeping this book handy at work or at home will help to keep that knowledge refreshed and you prepared if that unfortunate situation should arise. This book is intended primarily as a source of reference on your First Aid courses and sets out the recommended procedures currently adopted for First Aid in the United Kingdom
In true Highfield style the First Aid at Work book is packed with photography and illustrations to aid learning and engage users.

The book is fully up to date including all changes to resuscitation rules (Dec 2005).

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Foundation Nutrition Book and Pack

What we eat is vital to our health and wellbeing as well as to how we look, feel and function.

A knowledge of diet and nutrition has become an important issue in recent years.

The Foundation Nutrition and Health book, Training pack and PowerPoint are essential tools for anyone who is involved in health care, education, selling foods or fitness.

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Intermediate HACCP book

Launch November 05

Intermediate HACCP is written by Carol Wallace, the co-author of the UK's most successful HACCP books.

This book is designed for managers, supervisors and HACCP team members who are responsible for the implementation of HACCP systems.
Although it is based on the CODEX principles of HACCP, it will include a considerable amount of advice on the process-led HACCP systems for catering and retail operations. It will also be invaluable to persons sitting Intermediate HACCP examinations of any of the awarding bodies.

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Updated Packs

All Highfield books, training packs and PowerPoints are updated to include changes to the law (December 2005), If you have already purchased a training pack and would like updates please click here.

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