Never mind horse meat, salmonella, listeria etc. here's the real risk - http://www.thesun.co.uk/...-hit-in-face-by-one.html

Should of added 'justice for the 96'

http://www.telegraph.co....riangular-flapjacks.html and numerous other reports. The bit that puzzles me is how someone 'accidentally' throws a flapjack as suggested in this article.

Almost everything mentioned here as being traditionally English/British food has been imported at sometime or other; rhubarb was originally a Chinese medicine and only introduced in the 18th century. A lot of the ‘traditional foods’ were brought in by the Romans and of course potatoes come from the Andes. Flapjack is mentioned in Shakespeare but it probably refers to a soft (and safe) pancake. The traditional British solution to 'dangerous' food is to boil it to destruction so only a sloppy mess is left. It should also be so unappetising that people avoid it whenever possible- elimination is of course at the top of the hierarchy of control. Has anybody banned egg rolling or any other Easter type activities at work yet?

Sorry, but I think some people fail to see the seriousness of the matter, this is something with 3 sharp corners for gods sake, it could have had someones eye out. If it would have been made round it would have been less dangerous.

My dangerous foodstuff is soup- too hot and staff manage to scald themselves: too tepid it just encourages the growth of microorganisms and causes food poisoning. Should we be providing training or heat resistant gloves for staff? Banning things is just the coward’s way out. So what is the solution?

I apologise, I forgot that when cooked the oats become hard and this could cause a nasty graze with the spinning of the round flap jack. I was thinking that maybe they could make them thinner but this could have a 'shotgun' type effect and break up in the air and hit a number of students, heavier and you would need a manual handling assessment for it being served and carrying it back to the table. The alternative is ban students from schools and colleges and then they wouldn't mess about as they learn from experiences.

HSE comment on flapjacks ban:- http://www.hse.gov.uk/pr...ecord/2013/sun250313.htm Article:"Flapjack whack rap claptrap" - The Sun, 25 March 2013 Response date:25 March 2013 A spokesman for HSE said: "We often come across half-baked decisions taken in the name of health and safety, but this one takes the biscuit. The real issue isn't what shape the flapjacks are, but the fact that pupils are throwing them at each other - and that's a matter of discipline, and has got nothing to do with health and safety as we know it. We're happy to make clear that flapjacks of all shapes and sizes continue to have our full backing."