Talmu Pedestrian Reflectors

A major advance in pedestrian road safety

Manufacturer:

Coreplast Laitila Oy
LITILA
Finland

Distributed in the UK by:

Scanglo
Hainford
Norfolk


Talmu pedestrian reflectors are CE certified according to the CE standard EN13356. This standard states the minimum requirement for reflectivity, 400 C.I.L. Talmu reflectors meet and even exceed this minimum requirement.

Pedestrian reflectors actually only work when they are being worn. That's why Talmu (Scanglo) reflectors have long lanyards and the manufacturer and distributer recommend that the reflectors are, by means of this cord, attached to the pocket lining of your outside coat. That way there are always there when you need them. When it is daylight simply pop them back into your pocket.

Find out more by visiting www.scanglo.com

Recognizing Hidden Weapons - Key Ring Knife

Recognizing Hidden Weapons

In this little series of articles I want to show you, the reader, how many items (and I am sure I will not be able to cover them all) that could be weapons concealed in one way or other. While the person carrying one of those may not, necessarily, be carrying it with a criminal intent and may not be a terrorist what I would like to point out is how easy they can be overlooked.

Key Ring Knife


The picture above shows a “key ring knife” that was given away at a trade fair. While, obviously, there is nothing wrong with that per se this is one that even this author, who was the recipient, did not immediately recognize as being a small folding knife (the picture below shows the same knife in the open position).


When attached together with a bunch of keys it is very hard to spot and I have tried this out with many security officers and even police officers, the majority of who have failed to spot it as a knife, even without keys.

Therefore, we must always expect the unexpected in this field.

As I said already, even someone barding or wishing to board a plane with this keyring on his or her person should not be seen immediately as a threat and as a potential terrorist but we must be aware that those little items exist.

© M V Smith, April 2007

Guidance issued on preventing and responding to food incidents

UK, Wednesday 18 April 2007

The Food Standards Agency has published guidance to help businesses and enforcement authorities to prevent and better respond to food incidents.

The guidance has been developed by the Food Incidents Task Force, a body set up by the FSA in the wake of the Sudan I incident, to help strengthen controls in the food chain and prevent major food incidents.

The taskforce brought together experts from the food industry, consumer groups and enforcement authorities to identify good practice from previous food incidents and develop guidance for other organisations.

The guidance gives step-by-step advice about preventing food incidents, including how to identify potential hazards. It also gives practical advice about effective incident response from notification through to post-incident actions.

The guidance is designed to help anyone who is responsible for handling incidents in the food industry as well as those in local authorities. A summary version has been developed particularly for small businesses.

Nick Tomlinson, Head of the FSA’s Chemical Safety Division said: 'The incidents task force provided a unique opportunity for a range of experts to come together and share their expertise about preventing and handling food incidents.

'The food chain is complex and food incidents are difficult to eliminate altogether but we hope that providing clear, easy-to-follow information will help food businesses to reduce the likelihood of them happening. The guidance also aims to improve the handling of incidents by providing easy-to-follow advice on the steps to follow if an incident does occur.'

The principles for preventing and responding to food incidents guidance notes are available here.

The Food Taskforce was chaired by the Food Standards Agency with members drawn from:

Association of British Insurers (ABI)
British Hospitality Association (BHA)
British Retail Consortium (BRC)
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Trading Standards Institute (TSI)
Food and Drink Federation (FDF)
Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
Small Business Council (SBC)
National Consumer Council (NCC)
National Farmers' Union (NFU)
Which?

Plus two independent members:
Richard Ayre
Professor Frank Woods