Safety on the Farm Just To Be On The Safe Side....... After
outbreaks of e-coli in September 2009 on five farms in Devon,
Surrey, North Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire which left several
children seriously ill, the Health Protection Agency carried out
an investigation led by Professor George Griffin. The findings
of this 250-page report were made public last week. We do not
wish to alarm any visitors Ė old or new Ė but it is crucial that
we all take responsibility for our own actions both at the farm
and on returning home to ensure that everyone stays safe. In
order to prevent an outbreak ever happening at Blaze Farm we
have put a number of changes in place, one of which is to make
our visitors more aware of the potential risks about them and we
have put up further information boards around the farm to this
effect. It is ultimately the parent/carerís decision to allow
children to have animal contact and the responsibility of this
action should be understood. Below are a view points of
relevance taken from the G