Flour dust is one of the biggest occupational safety concerns for the bakery industry – and failure to adequately protect staff can result in large fines and reputational damage.

  • Publication date: 6 August 2019
  • Editorial submissions deadline: 5 July 2019
  • Editorial contact: vince.bamford@wrbm.com

DUST OFF

Flour dust is one of the biggest occupational safety concerns for the bakery industry – and failure to adequately protect staff can result in large fines and reputational damage.

This feature will look at how bakery businesses of various sizes – from single-site independents to plant operations - can mitigate the risk to workers.

It will examine the key dangers around flour dust and the equipment that can help to prevent damage of staff health, alongside best practice in flour dust prevention procedures, and the steps millers should take when milling grains of various types.