In June, Chilled Education enjoyed its latest face-to-face event at the University of Northampton’s STEAM event. CFA’s Charlotte Patrick represented the CEd team and met with students and teachers to demonstrate the inspiring resources. Organisers counted more than 2,500 school students and teaching and schools’ staff from more than 45 schools and colleges visiting the event, which is the biggest county ‘careers expo’ for 10 to 18 year olds.     Charlotte says: “We were delighted with the response from everyone who visited our stand. We demonstrated gas pressure, challenged young minds with MicroTrumps and, of course, tested hand washing […]

CFA’s H&S Working Group shares factory floor experiences and best practice in managing the health and safety of the workforce. Using its data to compare accidents in the chilled sector and the wider food manufacturing industry (as defined in HSE annual statistics) it can be seen that, regarding health and safety, the chilled food sector is doing well, as the chart below shows: ‘Specified Injuries’ recorded by CFA members are on a long-term downward trend and their incidence is much lower than recorded by the HSE for the food manufacturing sector. This is good news and reflects the continuing attention […]

The control of Listeria monocytogenes continues to be at the top of the agenda, with CFA Director General Karin Goodburn speaking at webinars and conferences over the summer months. Royal Society of Public Health June saw more than 75 representatives from enforcement, food production and government attend a Royal Society of Public Health conference to hear Karin, and other industry experts, discuss a range of issues from the EU’s potential changes to Listeria regulations to consumer food safety messages. BRCGS In July Karin spoke at a ‘very insightful’ BRCGS ‘Ask the Experts’ webinar. She joined Peter Littleton, Technical Director of […]