Safety Alert
Exposure to diacetyl vapour in food and drink manufacture
Exposure to diacetyl vapour in food and drink manufacture
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- EPD01-2023
- Hazardous SubstancesOccupational Health
- Hazardous substancesOccupational healthRespiratory hazards
- Respirator
- Occupational exposure monitoringMedical surveillanceRisk assessmentVentilation
Summary
This safety alert addresses harmful diacetyl vapour exposure in food and drink manufacture, particularly coffee roasting and grinding and heated flavour mixtures. It sets out workplace exposure limits, risk assessment, sampling, substitution, temperature reduction, enclosure and extraction, with conditional respiratory protection and health surveillance. It also flags carbon monoxide in coffee processing.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Occupational health; worker health.
Classifications: Respiratory hazards; respirable dust; inhalation hazards.
Classifications: Respirator; respiratory protective equipment; RPE.
Classifications: Occupational exposure monitoring; exposure assessment.
Classifications: Medical surveillance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Ventilation; forced ventilation.
EPD01-2023. Themes: hazardous substances, occupational health.