Health and Safety Executive

Health and safety risks to abattoir workers

HSE Response to Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) concerns regarding transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) agents. This Sector Information Minute (SIM), which revises and replaces SIM 5/2001/30, has been prepared to inform field inspectors of the concerns of ACDP regarding health and safety standards in abattoirs operating the over-thirty-month-scheme (OTMS) for culling cattle and how HSE should respond to notifications of possible bad practice.

Read SIM 1/2002/52 [PDF 42kb]


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