The issue considered by the HSE Myth Busters Challenge Panel in case 230
concerned a school's policy, which does not allow a pupil to take in a pet baby
chick into school for his presentation due to health and safety and quoted bird
flu as main reason.
The panel’s decision was that health and safety legislation does not
prevent children bringing pets and small animals to schools, and the small risk
of any type of infection can be readily controlled by simple everyday measures
like hand washing. Specific guidance to help schools build these activities
into lessons is freely available and helps avoid disproportionate, risk averse
decisions like this one being attributed to health and safety.
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