Championing the Farmed Environment (CFE)

 The Scottish Government are consulting on their plans to introduce statutory price caps for certain essential food products sold by large supermarket chains.

Children are often present on farms, whether they live there or are visiting. Take a moment to refresh your knowledge of child farm safety and help prevent avoidable accidents.

Risk assessments are not a one-off exercise. Changes in your workplace, workforce or working practices can all affect the level of risk faced by employees.

Employers must provide adequate information, instruction and training for anyone who is liable to disturb asbestos during their normal work, or who supervises those employees.

Many people use headphones to listen to music or podcasts while working, but doing so can reduce awareness of important warning signals and increase the risk of accidents.

Defra has launched a stakeholder engagement exercise on proposed changes to plant health import checks and fees for plants, plant products and other objects. The changes are intended to align Great Britain's import inspection regime with the planned UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement.

Aflatoxin B1 levels of 11.8 ppb have been identified in a maize shipment at Rotterdam, exceeding the legal limit for dairy feed (5 ppb) but remaining below the legal maximum for feed materials (20 ppb).

Two key employment law changes in 2026 you may not be aware of: new unfair dismissal rights and increases to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.

A consultation has been launched on The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR).  

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently placing a strong focus on human health.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides the following guidance to support the safe use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).