Please see Hampshire's document, "Off-site activities and educational visits: regulations and guidance "

The Health and Safety Executive has produced definitive guidelines for taking school children out into the countryside and onto farms. Their website address is www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/agindex.htm

Another useful address is the NFU site: www.nfu.org.uk this site gives help and advice when taking children out as well as farming information. Essentially the health risks are very small as long as common sense procedures take place:

- listen carefully to any safety instructions given.
- always wash hands thoroughly before eating.
- eat only in designated areas.
- clean footwear and hands before leaving.
- do not taste animal food.

A comprehensive list is given in the HSE information sheet:
Avoiding ill health at open farms - advice to teachers.