Fact Or Fiction Answers

Answer to last months fact or fiction

f you drop food on the floor and pick it up within 3 seconds it is safe to use?
Fiction as soon as food touches the floor it can be contaminated with harmful bacteria rendering it unsafe to eat.

Answer to this months fact or fiction

Fiction,

The law (The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999)  requires that all employers and self employed carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks not just to themselves and their employees but also to any others who may be affected by their work or business. The regulations also require that employers with 5 or more employees record the significant findings of their risk assessments. Further guidance can be found at http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/index.htm