Food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness or foodborne disease) is any illness that results from eating contaminated food. Below is a guide to the 17 most common types of food poisoning. This guide includes a description of the type of food poisoning, the source, the symptoms suffered, when symptoms will start showing, prevention and notable cases as reported by… read more →
This is the final post in our series of articles focusing on reports available and generated by the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System. This article focuses on incident reports which include accident, reportable disease, dangerous occurrence, major incident, near miss, enforcement officer visit, alleged food poisoning and food complaint reports. The term “released” used in this article is a PYRAMID™ term… read more →
This is the fourth post in our series of articles relating to PYRAMID™ Risk Management System reports. This one focuses on weekly safety check reports (also known as routine inspections or routine checks). The previous articles covered fire safety, audit reports and risk assessments. The term “released” which is a PYRAMID™ term to define a weekly safety report that is… read more →
We have been working on our marketing material to promote our health and safety, fire safety and food safety solutions and we would like to share our new flyers with you. Our new flyers include information about our four health and safety management system packages and display an overview of what DDS International can do for you and your business…… read more →
This is the third article in our series of articles relating to PYRAMID™ Risk Management System reports which focuses on risk assessment reports. The previous articles covered fire safety and audit reports. This article uses the term “released” which is a PYRAMID™ term to define a risk assessment that is live and in production. Please see the first article in… read more →
We have recently introduced a live fire drill exercise into our Fire Warden Training course to give course delegates a full overview of what is involved during a fire drill. During the training course DDS International start a smoke machine that activates the training venue fire alarm system to the surprise of course candidates, which is a real taste of… read more →
This article is the second in the series focusing on PYRAMID™ Risk Management System reports. The first article covered fire safety reports and this one will cover audit reports. This article uses the term “released” which is PYRAMID™ term define an audit that is live and in production. Please see the first article in this series for a full definition.… read more →
We recently held a Emergency First Aid at Work Open Course at our regional training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent and would like to share some photos from the day (a sliding gallery is available at the top of this article) and information about the course. Please keep an eye on our open courses page for upcoming courses and please also… read more →
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the reporting capabilities of the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System. This article we will focus on the fire safety reporting features of the on-line system. The system is set-up to run a huge range of fire safety related reports which I will go into more detail below. This article has… read more →
Client Description A delivery and warehousing specialist based in Sittingbourne, Kent Scope of Works Implement the necessary health and safety and fire safety procedures to stay compliant with UK laws and regulations. Solution Due to the scope of the client’s needs this was an ideal opportunity to implement a complete health and safety management system that was specific to the… read more →
