Boningale Ltd is a producer and supplier of Hardy Nursery Stock to the amenity, landscape & retail sectors. This policy covers the activities of Boningale Nurseries, Worfield Plants and Viridis Plants.

Boningale Ltd is committed to operating and working in a manner that promotes bio-security and good plant health as far as it is reasonable and practicable to do so, by ensuring that relevant plant health regulations are known and understood, ensuring that staff are trained and able to carry out their duties as required, and that the company’s suppliers are selected with due consideration to plant health and bio-security.

Boningale Ltd is committed to continual improvement of its Plant Health Management System.

Boningale Ltd will endeavour to comply with the Plant Healthy – Plant Health Management System standard.

Boningale Ltd recognises the biosecurity threat of notifiable pests and diseases to the business and wider environment and are committed to maintaining a pest risk analysis to mitigate the risks.

It is the responsibility of the Managing Director to implement this policy, liaising with all Directors, Plant Health management team and departmental managers who within their areas of responsibility give full support to the Directors.

The Directors and Managers will ensure that they and their staff are made aware of Plant Health and biosecurity issues that might be affected and influenced by company activities.

This will be achieved by:

  • Maintaining a Plant Health Management System following the Plant Healthy Management Standard.
  • Full co-operation from all Directors and employees.
  • Promotion of Plant Health awareness amongst all employees and provision of sufficient levels of training to allow them to meet their Plant Health responsibilities.
  • Regular review of relevant regulations and Plant Health bulletins and other requirements to ensure compliance.
  • Recording Plant Health actions and issues.
  • Conducting regular reviews of performance against the Plant Health Management System and being proactive in our approach to future improvements.
  • Producing crops responsibly following current Codes of Practice, regulations, assessing risks to Plant Health and conducting a pest risk analysis, associated with plants and suppliers used.
  • Promoting and encouraging good plant health in planting schemes through specialist advice and growing a wide range of plant species not thought vulnerable to pest and disease.
  • The policy will be maintained and reviewed on an annual basis.

Boningale will make this policy available to all staff, customers, suppliers, contractors, and public.

Jeremy King – Managing Director
Penny Fryer – Production Director
Phil Newman – Sales & Marketing Director
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