Access To Farms is running a series of free seminars to introduce the new Industry Code of Practice (soon to be launched!) regarding Prevention & Control of Infection on farms. This will replace the HSE guidance AIS 23.

The seminars arranged are in the following locations:

June 12th          East of England Showground, Peterborough 10-12 or 1-3

June 18th          Walby Farm Park, Nr Carlisle 10-12 or 1-3

June 26th          Mead Open Farm, Billington, Bedfordshire 10-12 or 1-3

June 28th          Bicton College, Devon 10-12 or 1-3

June 29th          Plumpton College, Nr Lewes, East Sussex 10-12 or 1-3

July 9th              Lantra, Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells 10-12

July 12th            Three Counties Showground, Malvern 10.30-12.30 or 1-3

July 18th            Regional Agricultural Centre, Yporkshire Agricultural Society 10-12 or 1-3

The programme for these events is as follows:

East of England Showground (June 12th)
Bicton College (June 28th)
Plumpton College (June 29th)
Royal Welsh Showground (July 9th)
Three Counties Showground (July 12th)

Arrival and coffee (15 minutes)
Introduction: chair (5 minutes)
Industry Code of Practice: David Coackley, HSE (40 minutes)
Questions (10 minutes)
Case studies and activity (45 minutes)
Concluding remarks: chair (5 minutes)

Walby Farm Park (June 18th)
Mead Open Farm (June 26th)

Arrival and coffee (15 minutes)
Introduction: chair (5 minutes)
Industry Code of Practice: David Coackley, HSE (40 minutes)
Questions (10 minutes)
Farm tour (45 minutes)
Concluding remarks: chair (5 minutes)

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