INDUSTRY RISKS
· FOOD PRODUCTION

Environmental Compliance Limited (ECL) reports approximately 100,000 people working in the UK Baking Industry encounter flour dust exposure on a daily basis. Find out how certain processes in food production puts thousands of people at risk.

• The food and drink sector in Great Britain (GB) employ over 3.8 million people according to GOV UK
• The Healthscreen UK report every year, in the food and drink manufacture industry, around 19,000 workers (nearly 5% of the workforce) suffer from ill health caused or made worse by work
• Environmental Compliance Limited (ECL) reports approximately 100,000 people working in the UK Baking Industry encounter flour dust exposure on a daily basis
     

• Flour dust
• Grain dust
• Malt dust
• Sugar dust
• Wood dust

• Ammonia
• Antioxidants
• Chlorine
• Food additives
• Sulphur Dioxide

• Baking
• Blending ingredients
• Drying + using processing
• Milling ingredients
• Packaging raw ingredients
• Transfer of food + goods
• Use of dry spices

• Adding preservatives
• Food colouring
• Refrigeration plants
• Thermal treatment of foodstuff
• Using aerosols
• Using cleaning products