Membership Support

Joanna Hancock BFFF

BFFF Members Support

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Key Membership services

• BFFF Primary Authority Schemes • Pro active Expert Groups

• BFFF guidance • Benchmarking.

BFFF Primary Authority regulatory Categories and partners are?

BFFF Primary Authority (PA) Schemes

• Health and Safety • Food Safety

• Food Standards (Labelling) • Weights and Measures • Fair Trading

• Fire Safety.

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• Assured - agreed advice, legal backing,

consistent approach • Wide consultation network to review guidance • Channelled intelligence on enforcement action.

Benefits of Primary Authority

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Our aim in relation to Fire Safety is:

• Provide consistent advice from a competent source

• Improve safety and compliance within the industry • Facilitate an open forum between the industry and the

regulators.

Labelling Date of Freezing/ First Freezing: • 1 BFFF member has saved £0.5 million on

packaging equipment

• Subsequently saved significant money on labelling

• Significantly reduced business complexity.

Primary Authority Success

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Our aim in relation to Fire Safety is:

• Provide consistent advice from a competent source

• Improve safety and compliance within the industry • Facilitate an open forum between the industry and the

regulators.

Health and Safety advice: • Preventing falls whilst working on mobile

refrigeration units

• Members were open to prosecution in an area where no advice was available

• Assured advice to provide consistency and protection for members.

Primary Authority Success

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Our aim in relation to Fire Safety is:

• Provide consistent advice from a competent source

• Improve safety and compliance within the industry • Facilitate an open forum between the industry and the

regulators.

Fire Safety advice: • Channelled communication from Fire Services

to resolve issues and avoiding prosecution

• Proactive support on refurbishment/ new build projects

• Liaison with Insurers

• Providing knowledge to ensure compliance whilst reducing costs.

Primary Authority Success

Fire Safety Primary Authority Third party endorsements

“Excellent at acting as the conduit between local enforcement and

central business leads. With their support we were able to demonstrate the organisational reaction without compromising risk levels. End result, issue resolved, no unnecessary enforcement action, happy regulator and a happy organisation!” Greggs Plc

“Using the PA has allowed us to review the fire safety strategy in a part of the operation. The professional manner that was applied to the situation means that we could achieve a cost beneficial solution to a significant issue without compromising the safety of both our staff and the plant.” Pinguin Foods UK Ltd

“Within weeks of signing up PA came to the rescue and provided support which helped us to avoid enforcement action. They are quick to provide feedback and have demonstrated a balanced approached when suggesting appropriate fire safety measures.” Iceland Foods Ltd

Shape our health and safety priorities, consultation, guidance, members hot line (52 queries last year)

Health and Safety Expert Group

Food Manufacturers

Apetito Ltd

Ardo UK Ltd

The Authentic Food Co

Ltd

Cargill Meats Europe

Greggs Plc

Three Oceans Ltd

Young’s Seafood Ltd

Construction

Chalcroft Construction

Retailers

Asda Stores Ltd

Heron Frozen Foods Ltd

Iceland Foods Ltd

Wholesalers

Bidvest Foodservice

Brakes

Kent Frozen Foods

Ltd

Palmer & Harvey Ltd

Total Foodservice

Solutions Ltd

Logistics Service Providers

Cold Move Ltd

XPO Logistics

Shape our Technical Food related priorities, consultation, guidance, members hot line (265 queries last year)

Technical Expert Group

Food Manufacturers

Apetito Ltd

Birds Eye Ltd

Cargill Meats Europe

CP Foods Uk Ltd

Freiberger Uk Ltd

Greencore Grocery

Leeds

Greggs Plc

Sam Browne Foods Ltd

Young’s Seafood Ltd

Retailers

Iceland Foods Ltd

Wholesalers

Bidvest Foodservice

Booker Ltd

Brakes

Kent Frozen Foods

Ltd

Importer

Flagship Europe Ltd

Technical Updates for members

Bi-weekly EU horizon scanning update from

Grayling.

Examples of existing BFFF industry guidance

All BFFF guidance is available through our

web site: www.bfff.co.uk

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Benchmarking- Currently Reportable Accidents 2009 - 2014

29 Producers, 22 Wholesalers, 6 LSP’s

Benchmarking- Currently

Individual reports

Benchmarking- Developments 2016

Health & Safety and Vehicle Accident rate reporting

• Trial with 6 members- detailed review of causal factors

• Ability to discuss trends

• Ability to benchmark your business

• Learn from those that are performing well • Very open forum with everyone with the

same objective to reduce accidents.

Benchmarking- Developments 2016

Benchmarking- Developments 2016

Questions & Answers