Store your grain safely

As most UK grain enters the food chain, either as food, drink or animal feed, safe and efficient grain storage is key to assuring cereal crop quality. Improved guidance on this is now available. A five–year Defra and industry-funded LINK project, of which Campden BRI was a consortium member, has led to the publication of a new third edition of HGCA's Grain Storage Guide. The Guide, available free from www.hgca.com, was revised by Fera (Food and Environment Research Agency) and Campden BRI in association with the LINK project consortium, and is a key reference point for best storage practice.

The guide adopts a HACCP–based approach to grain storage and provides a new risk management approach to grain storage.This will help to assure grain quality through best practice, prioritising resources by identifying higher risk areas, minimising risk throughout the supply chain, and meeting customer and legal requirements.

The new guide presents simple easy–to–identify actions to prevent or minimise food safety hazards.The grain storage process is divided into a number of steps which represent typical grain storage operations in farm or central stores. The hazards, risks and preventative measures based on best practice at these steps are identified.

Contact: Chris Knight
+44(0)1737 842012
chris.knight@campdenbri.co.uk