About
Safegard
Safegard
is a limited company within the Sodexo Group. It acts as an internal food safety
and health & safety consultancy for the group and its clients, and offers
these same services on the open market to organisations such as schools and
colleges, universities, hotels and restaurants and other commercial
organisations.
Most
of Safegard's consultants have at one time been enforcement officers within
local authorities. All are qualified by examination and are variously members of
the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), the Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the Royal Society of Health
(
Health
and Safety Management
Safegard
has developed a wide-ranging, cost-effective health and safety management system
that is applicable to almost all business sectors. It also has meticulously
prepared versions for the specialist sectors of schools, universities, hotels
and restaurants.
It
is not just another manual full of legislation and technical documents but is
designed to provide simple straight-forward practical assistance. It is based on
‘how to do’ rather than ‘what to do’, whether this be risk assessment, safe
systems of work or the inspection of a workplace. The Management of Health and
Safety at Work Regulations 1999 will determine that health and safety cannot be
done for you by an outside organisation but must have internal 'ownership'. This
fits exactly with the 'how to' system created by Safegard in
1994.
Our
activities and services encompass safety audits and inspections, crisis
management, helpline and update facilities. Manuals are available via the
Internet making easy access to up to date information and print-outs, or
on-screen use of forms, only a click away. The 500 page manual has become a
thing of the past.
Food
Safety & Hygiene
At
the core of Safegard’s activities is its food safety expertise. We look after
over 2500 catering operations in the UK and Eire for Sodexo and over 200 hotels
and other high profile catering and leisure industry
businesses.
We
developed a practical food safety system incorporating the principles of Assured
Safe Catering or, as Regulation would have it, a Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point (HACCP) system. It’s easy to use by any caterer and meets with the
approval of environmental health officers around the UK. It is ‘accredited’ by
the Department of Health’s Home Authority scheme.
As
with health and safety our activities and services include food safety audits
and inspections, crisis management, helpline and update facilities. All manuals
are available via the Internet.
Safegard
also provides a comprehensive food supplier audit service. Certain specialist
food sectors require specific expertise, such as meat hygiene, and we can
provide that expertise. In the near future all third-party inspection services
will have to be accredited. This we wholeheartedly support, having long been
advocates of accrediting auditors, not suppliers, to ensure consistency of
inspection standards.
For
more information please contact Safegard
Telephone
number 0161-872-4781 or Fax number 0161-855-6551
or
by email: safegard@sodexo.com