A mass food poisoning outbreak was caused at a convention over 200 people who attended the convention reported to have been suffering with food poisoning and 24 people were hospitalised. 

An investigation into the cause of the outbreak revealed that the people who were poisoned had the same strain of salmonella that was found on a kitchen stick blender that had not been cleaned correctly and was poorly sanitised. Although cooking food at high temperatures does kill the bacteria, on this occasion the salmonella was not killed because the cooking temperature was not high enough, instead the bacteria was “incubated”. 

A further investigation into the kitchen where this outbreak took place, found not only salmonella on the kitchen stick blender and a large food mixer, but also E-coli, and Bacillus Cereus (B. cereus) were found on a separate mixer, pastry brushes and whisks. 

These harmful bacteria’s were all present at this establishment due to a breakdown on cleanliness, a lack of sanitizing the equipment, and staff not washing their hands correctly or often enough. 

To prevent another harmful outbreak the general manager of the establishment has advised that the mixer has been removed and whole eggs are no longer on the menu, which means there are no egg shells, which potentially carry pathogens, will ever come into the kitchen. 

If you are working in an environment where you are handling food you have a responsibility to the public to ensure that the food that you are serving them is safe and free from foodborne illnesses such as salmonella and E. Coli. 

Salmonella is one of the most common causes of food poisoning. People can get salmonellosis by eating food contaminated with salmonella if an infected food handler had not washed their hands with soap before handling food products.  

Salmonella can also be passed from meat products to vegetables if you are preparing vegetables with the same equipment that was used to prepare the infected meat. 

There are many strains of E. Coli, thankfully most of them are harmless to humans, however, if you are handling raw fruit and vegetables, it is important to skin / wash them before use. Again, if you are preparing meat, such as beer, be sure not to use the same utensils or chopping board for cooked, uncooked meat and vegetables.  

It is important that the employees in your kitchens are washing their hands regularly, before they start work, before food preparation, and after handling raw products. 

Here at Label Source we know that kitchens are full of hazards. We have a comprehensive range of mandatory kitchen safety signs will help prevent the contamination of food prepared in your kitchen by helping to identify potential hazards, and encourage best practises from your staff. 

All of our Kitchen Safety signs are made to meet the ISO EN 1710 standards and comply with the General food hygiene regulations 2010. 

Click here to View our comprehensive range of Kitchen Safety Signs. 

In the unlikely event that you cannot find the safety signs that meet your specific requirements then please contact us on 0800 3761 693 or email info@labelsource.co.uk and a member of  our customer service team will be happy to assist you.  

If you are manufacturing products there is a very high chance that you will have to package your product up and transport it to various distribution centres. If your product is fragile, needs to be handled with care or you’re the quality of your product needs to be checked on arrival, you will need to label your package or parcel accordingly. 

Printed packaging tapes are ensures that anyone handling your product or parcel knows the contents of the package and can handle it accordingly (not putting fragile packages at the bottom of the stack). You will find that using packaging tape to label the box is more beneficial than just using labels, as you can cover a larger area of the package with the tape, meaning that the information cannot be missed. 

Here at label source we also offer Tamper Evident packaging tape. If you are transporting sensitive documents you should be using this tape. If someone has attempted to open your parcel in transit then this tape will delaminate leaving an opened or fraud message on your parcel. 

Click here to view our range of printed parcel tapes. 

If you can’t find the tape that you are looking for then please contact us on 0800 3761 693 or email info@labelsource.co.uk 

Tomorrow marks 410 years since Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the houses of parliament. If you are planning a public fireworks display, then carry on reading for some essential tips on how to stay safe on bonfire night. 

1) Check weather conditions, wind direction and plan areas for spectators, people firing the fireworks and safety zone and where the fireworks will fall. Clearly mark these areas with Fencing mesh.

2) If you are hosting a public fireworks display be sure to use barrier tape to keep your audience at a safe distance from the fireworks and bonfire. - Ensure that spectators are no closer than 25 meters to your firework display. 

3) Plan the entry and exit routes, making sure you keep pedestrians and vehicles a safe distance apart if possible. Make sure your exit routs are well lit and clearly marked.

4) Make sure emergency vehicles can easily gain access to the display site if needed. - in the unfortunate event that there is an accident it is essential that the emergancy services can reach your site, make sure that no cars or people block a safe emergancy access route. 

5) Clearly mark routes to the first aid facilities. - it might be that you have a a building where your trained first aid professional is located, make sure the building is clearly marked, and signposts are located across your site guiding visitors to their location. 

Here at Label Source, we believe in efficiency, and this extends to providing you with efficient ways to apply our labels and tapes. 

We know that it can be extremely frustrating when you need to use a particular label to stick on a parcel but cannot find the roll anywhere. You then have to embark on the greatest tape hunt in history asking everyone and anyone if they have come into contact with the tape, and practically turn the office upside down looking for it, only to find someone has hidden it in a draw and forgotten about it. Well here at label source we stock a range of label dispensers that eliminate this issue. Our Label dispensers can me mounted to a work place, a bench or a wall to ensure that the tape remains in the correct place. This reduces time wasted looking for the tape, reduces wasted/ lost tapes, and acts as a great guide to how many labels you have left before you need to reorder! 

Click here to view our full range of labels and tapes applicators and dispensers.

Have you notices that your floor marking have begain to wear? Need to apply tape to a floor? Well Look No futher! We have the ideal sturdy floor tape applicator. Our floor tape applicator enables you to apply floor markings to a range of floors such as sports halls, warehouse floors, corridors and aisles quickly and accurately. To get the best results, make sure you apply the tape to a clean, swept floor to avoid taping over dust and dirt, which can cause the tape to bubble and tear. 

Click here to view our range of Floor Tape Applicators

If you have any questions about our range of tape applicators and label dispensers please contact us by telephoning 0800 3761 693 or emailing info@labelsource.co.uk

Back in 2011 a deadly earthquake hit Japan and caused a critical melt down of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. After the Fukushima disaster more than 44,000 people worked to safely take the Fukushima Daiichi offline, while exposing themselves to radiation. 

4 years after the disaster doctors have just diagnosed the first case radiation related cancer. It has been announced that the worker has Acute Myelogenous leukaemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It has been confirmed that the cancer is directly related to the work that he carried out cleaning up the plant.

TEPCO , have outlined all the attempts it has made to limit the account of radiation exposure to their workers during the clean-up missions . This is the first diagnosis of cancer linking directly to the clean-up missions, however, it has been reported that over 400,000 people under the age of 18, in the Fukushima area have thyroid cancer. 

When Working around radiation, it is important that the amount of radiation the workers are exposed too are minial, and that safety regulations are strictly followed inclucding the use of safety signs. 

Here at Label source we stock a huge range of Personal Protection Safety Signs and radiation signs which remind workers of the correct safety precautions they need to take to work safely in areas where there is high risk of exposure. 

We also have a large variety of radiation signs designed alert workers, and visitors of possible exposure risks

Here at label source we pride ourselves on having a large range of labels always available and in stock, however, in the unlikely event that you can not find the exact label that you require please contact us on 0800 3761 693 or email info@labelsource.co.uk.