Event details
In food and beverage environments, selecting the right safety knife is about far more than cutting performance. It directly impacts product integrity, regulatory compliance, brand reputation, and employee wellbeing.
This webinar will explore what truly makes a safety knife suitable for food-safe environments, separating common misconceptions from operational reality. Not all safety knives are designed with food production in mind — and understanding the difference is critical.
During the session, we will cover:
- What “food-safe” really means for safety knives — materials, detectable components, hygienic design, cleanability, and compliance considerations.
- Common myths around safety knives in food environments — and why “safe” doesn’t automatically mean “food-safe.”
- The true cost of foreign-body contamination — examining the financial, operational and reputational impact of contaminated food and beverage products.
- Protecting employees from blade-related injuries — how correctly specified safety knives significantly reduce cut injuries in food production and packaging areas.
- Practical selection guidance — how to match the right safety knife to the application while protecting both staff and product.
Whether you are responsible for quality, health & safety, production, or site operations, this session will provide practical, actionable insight into reducing contamination risk while improving cutting safety across your facility.
All attendees will receive a CPD certificate.
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Presenters
Kelly Rose
Editor
Health & Safety Matters
Thomas Turner
Country Director
Martor UK
With over 17 years’ experience working with health and safety officers across the world reduce workplace injuries, Thomas is new to Martor UK and is passionate and determined to improve workplace safety across the UK by reducing cut injuries without any compromise on productivity through the medium of Martor’s innovative Safety Knives and solutions.
Ian Suggitt
National Sales Manager
Martor UK
Ian is one of the leading safety knife experts in the UK today. He has worked with Martor for 17 years helping customers from all industries find a safer way to cut.