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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
 Good news from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on 20th November, as it declared that the UK is free of Avian Influenza. Defra's statement read: "The UK is officially free from Avian Influenza (AI) from today (20 November), according to the rules laid down by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). OIE rules require a three month interval between the final cleansing and disinfection of premises involved in the outbreak and official recognition of freedom from the disease." Read more on Defra's website.
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
 As well as promoting and defending shooting sports the Countryside Alliance offers advice for shoots on a range of issues to ensure sustainable, best practice shooting in the UK. Click here for "shoot resources" which include the 2008 Code of Good Shooting Practice, advice on preparing a risk assessment for your shoot and much more. |
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
On this page you will find advice and regulations for shoots on a range of issues, designed to help promote sustainable, best practice shooting in the UK. Should you require hard copies of any of these publications please email
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 Code of Good Shooting Practice. In Autumn 2008 the major organisations representing shooting, of which the Countryside Alliance is one, have launched an improved version of the Code of Good Shooting Practice. Click here to download a copy. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This extract from the foreword sums up the need for the code: ‘We must never be complacent about the future of shooting. Shooting and shoot management practices will be judged by the way participants and providers behave. Our sport is under constant and detailed scrutiny and we must demonstrate that we conduct it to high standards. The Code of Good Shooting Practice brings together these standards and makes them easily available to all who participate.’
Preparing a risk assessment for your shoot. A case reported in Shooting Times magazine in early 2008 highlighted the importance of health and safety on shoots. Seven saboteurs were acquitted on 14th April of aggravated trespass because the shoot in question did not have a written health and safety policy. Any shoot with five or more employees is required by law to have a written health and safety policy and risk assessment. A risk assessment of the shoot is in line with the Code of Good Shooting Practice and the Game Shoot Standard Assurance Scheme. Download a simple dummy risk assessment giving a few worked examples of risks shoots might face. It is not a definitive guide, but the format is HSE approved. Click here for the Countryside Alliance's advice.
 Making the most of your game, 2008 edition. The Countryside Alliance’s Game-to-Eat Campaign has updated its “Making the most of your game” leaflet to help increase still further the massive growth in the game market and its increasing popularity. This functional leaflet is informative for everyone within the industry and has information under such headings as “Installing a Chiller”, “Selling Game in Small Quantities”, “European Food Hygiene Regulations” and “Processing game”. Click here to download the leaflet.
 The Wild Game Guide is a new guide to food hygiene legislation for people who shoot wild game and supply it either in-fur or in-feather or as small quantities of wild game meat. It gives information on hygiene regulations and ways to make sure meat is safe to eat. The Food Standards Agency produced the guide in partnership with the Meat Hygiene Policy Forum Working Group and the Wild Game Group, which is made up of stakeholders from the wild game meat industry, including the Countryside Alliance. You can read the guide here.
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
 The Wild Game Guide is a new guide to food hygiene legislation for people who shoot wild game and supply it either in-fur or in-feather or as small quantities of wild game meat. It gives information on hygiene regulations and ways to make sure meat is safe to eat. The Food Standards Agency produced the guide in partnership with the Meat Hygiene Policy Forum Working Group and the Wild Game Group, which is made up of stakeholders from the wild game meat industry, including the Countryside Alliance. You can read the guide here.
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
With the advent of the new game shooting season, the major organisations representing shooting, of which the Countryside Alliance is one, have launched an improved version of the Code of Good Shooting Practice.
For a copy(s) of the new Code, please email your address and the number required to:
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Alternatively, download a copy of the code here
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
.jpg "Image") A case reported in Shooting Times magazine in early 2008 highlighted the importance of health and safety on shoots. Seven hunt saboteurs were acquitted on 14th April of aggravated trespass because the shoot in question did not have a written health and safety policy. Any shoot with five or more employees is required by law to have a written health and safety policy and risk assessment. A risk assessment of the shoot is in line with the Code of Good Shooting Practice and the Game Shoot Standard Assurance Scheme. Download a simple dummy risk assessment giving a few worked examples of risks shoots might face It is not a definitive guide, but the format is HSE approved. Read on for the Countryside Alliance's advice...
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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On 27th March 2008, "The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that as from 14.00 today, the Wild Bird Monitoring Area and associated disease control restrictions put in place following cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza in wild birds in Dorset will be lifted." Read more on DEFRA's announcement here . |
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