REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Ensuring the compliance and proper use of cleaning products.
REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Ensuring the compliance and proper use of cleaning products.
COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDSAND REGULATIONS
Hygiene & Nature is dedicated to strictly complying with regulations regarding detergent, biocidal and cosmetic products. These standards are crucial at every step in the life cycle of our cleaning and hygiene products for professional cleaning.
COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDSAND REGULATIONS
Hygiene & Nature is dedicated to strictly complying with regulations regarding detergent, biocidal and cosmetic products. These standards are crucial at every step in the life cycle of our cleaning and hygiene products for professional cleaning.
CLASSIFICATION, LABELLING & PACKAGINGOF SUBSTANCES & MIXES
HYGIENE & NATURE strictly complies with the CLP Regulation (Classification, Labelling, Packaging). We use pictogrammes to instantly identify potential hazards, making it easier to use the product and ensuring user and environmental protection.
Where possible, we develop products with no safety pictogrammes and no risk phrases to ensure safe use.
CLASSIFICATION, LABELLING & PACKAGINGOF SUBSTANCES & MIXES
HYGIENE & NATURE strictly complies with the CLP Regulation (Classification, Labelling, Packaging). We use pictogrammes to instantly identify potential hazards, making it easier to use the product and ensuring user and environmental protection.
Where possible, we develop products with no safety pictogrammes and no risk phrases to ensure safe use.
BIOCIDAL PRODUCT REGULATION
A biocidal product aims to kill, repel or neutralise harmful micro-organisms.
This regulation aims to guarantee a high level of protection for human and animal health and for the environment, while also improving free circulation of biocidal products within the European Union.
HYGIENE & NATURE is strongly involved in its effort to support biocidal products and has been working for several years to get marketing authorisations for its products. Through our MA (Marketing Authorisation) files, we can thus ensure continuity and compliance of our disinfecting products under the HYGIENE & NATURE brand or under your brand name.
We cover the requirements of the European standards with which products must comply in order to support their disinfecting claims.
OUR BIOCIDAL PRODUCTS MEET STRICT DISINFECTION STANDARDS,WHICH HAVE BEEN VALIDATED USING TWO-PHASE TESTS:
PHASE 1 TESTS
Quantitative tests on micro-organism suspensions used to establish the bactericidal, fungicidal or sporicidal activity of active substances or products being developed, independently of any specific field of application. These phase 1 tests cannot be used to justify any product claim.
2-STEP PHASE 2 TESTS
Step 1 : Quantitative tests on micro-organism suspensions. Used to establish the bactericidal, fungicidal, levuricidal, mycobactericidal, tuberculocidal, sporicidal or virucidal activity of a product in simulated practical conditions which correspond to the intended use.
Step 2 : Quantitative laboratory tests used to establish the bactericidal, fungicidal, levuricidal, mycobactericidal, sporicidal or virucidal activity of a product when applied to a surface or skin in simulated practical conditions (for example, tests on surfaces or instruments, hand-washing tests, hand-friction tests)
HYGIENE & NATURE is actively involved in getting Marketing Authorisations (MA) for its biocidal products, thus ensuring continuity and compliance of our disinfecting products under our own brand name or under yours. We fully cover the requirements of the European standards with which products must comply in order to support their disinfecting claims.
EN STANDARD | BACTERICIDAL | LEVURICIDAL | FUNGICIDAL | VIRUCIDAL | SPORICIDAL | MYCOBACTERICIDAL |
PHASE 2,STEP 1 | EN 1276 and EN 13727 Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Escherichia coli Enterococcus hirae
| EN 1650 and EN 13624 Candida albicans | EN 1650 and EN 13624 and EN 17387 Aspergillus brasiliensis
| EN 13610 Bacteriophages EN 14476 Poliovirus Adenoviruses Murine norovirus | EN 13704 Bacillus subtilis | EN 14348 Mycobacterium terrae |
PHASE 2,STEP 2,SURFACES | EN 13697 and EN 16615 and EN 17387 Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Escherichia coli Enterococcus hirae | EN 13697 and EN 16615 and EN 17387 Candida albicans | EN 13697 and EN 16624 and EN 17387 Aspergillus brasiliensis | EN 16777 Poliovirus Adenoviruses Murine norovirus | EN 14563 Mycobacterium terrae | |
PHASE 2,STEP 2,HAND HYGIENE | EN 1500 (friction) EN 1499 (washing) Escherichia coli |
BIOCIDAL PRODUCT REGULATION
A biocidal product aims to kill, repel or neutralise harmful micro-organisms.
This regulation aims to guarantee a high level of protection for human and animal health and for the environment, while also improving free circulation of biocidal products within the European Union.
HYGIENE & NATURE is strongly involved in its effort to support biocidal products and has been working for several years to get marketing authorisations for its products. Through our MA (Marketing Authorisation) files, we can thus ensure continuity and compliance of our disinfecting products under the HYGIENE & NATURE brand or under your brand name.
We cover the requirements of the European standards with which products must comply in order to support their disinfecting claims.
OUR BIOCIDAL PRODUCTS MEET STRICT DISINFECTION STANDARDS, WHICH HAVE BEEN VALIDATED USING TWO-PHASE TESTS:
PHASE 1 TESTS
Quantitative tests on micro-organism suspensions used to establish the bactericidal, fungicidal or sporicidal activity of active substances or products being developed, independently of any specific field of application. These phase 1 tests cannot be used to justify any product claim.
2-STEP PHASE 2 TESTS
Step 1 : Quantitative tests on micro-organism suspensions. Used to establish the bactericidal, fungicidal, levuricidal, mycobactericidal, tuberculocidal, sporicidal or virucidal activity of a product in simulated practical conditions which correspond to the intended use.
Step 2 : Quantitative laboratory tests used to establish the bactericidal, fungicidal, levuricidal, mycobactericidal, sporicidal or virucidal activity of a product when applied to a surface or skin in simulated practical conditions (for example, tests on surfaces or instruments, hand-washing tests, hand-friction tests)
HYGIENE & NATURE is actively involved in getting Marketing Authorisations (MA) for its biocidal products, thus ensuring continuity and compliance of our disinfecting products under our own brand name or under yours. We fully cover the requirements of the European standards with which products must comply in order to support their disinfecting claims.
EN STANDARD | BACTERICIDAL | LEVURICIDAL | FUNGICIDAL | VIRUCIDAL | SPORICIDAL | MYCOBACTERICIDAL |
PHASE 2,STEP 1 | EN 1276 and EN 13727 Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Escherichia coli Enterococcus hirae
| EN 1650 and EN 13624 Candida albicans | EN 1650 and EN 13624 and EN 17387 Aspergillus brasiliensis
| EN 13610 Bacteriophages EN 14476 Poliovirus Adenoviruses Murine norovirus | EN 13704 Bacillus subtilis | EN 14348 Mycobacterium terrae |
PHASE 2,STEP 2,SURFACES | EN 13697 and EN 16615 and EN 17387 Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Escherichia coli Enterococcus hirae | EN 13697 and EN 16615 and EN 17387 Candida albicans | EN 13697 and EN 16624 and EN 17387 Aspergillus brasiliensis | EN 16777 Poliovirus Adenoviruses Murine norovirus | EN 14563 Mycobacterium terrae | |
PHASE 2,STEP 2,HAND HYGIENE | EN 1500 (friction) EN 1499 (washing) Escherichia coli |
SAFETY AND PRECAUTIONSFOR RESPONSIBLE USE
Safety is our top priority. Here are a few rules to follow when using our products, with your health in mind:
- Wear protective equipment when handling undiluted dangerous products: goggles and gloves. PPE is the user’s ultimate protection, and should be chosen according to:
– The treatment duration
– The products’ hazardous nature
– The treated area
– The type of application - Handle undiluted products next to a water point or a security station.
- Never mix 2 products together, except where expressly indicated by the supplier.
- In a container, such as a bucket, always pour water first and the product second.
- Never clean plugged-in devices.
- Do not transfer hazardous products into unlabelled containers.
- Do not overdose products, follow the recommended concentrations.
- Store hazardous products in a closed, dry, ventilated space.
- Do not hand wash in temperatures above 55°C.
- For hazardous products, follow precautions for use.
- For disinfectants: use biocidal products with caution. Read the label and regulatory information before using.
SAFETY AND PRECAUTIONSFOR RESPONSIBLE USE
Safety is our top priority. Here are a few rules to follow when using our products, with your health in mind:
- Wear protective equipment when handling undiluted dangerous products: goggles and gloves. PPE is the user’s ultimate protection, and should be chosen according to:
– The treatment duration
– The products’ hazardous nature
– The treated area
– The type of application - Handle undiluted products next to a water point or a security station.
- Never mix 2 products together, except where expressly indicated by the supplier.
- In a container, such as a bucket, always pour water first and the product second.
- Never clean plugged-in devices.
- Do not transfer hazardous products into unlabelled containers.
- Do not overdose products, follow the recommended concentrations.
- Store hazardous products in a closed, dry, ventilated space.
- Do not hand wash in temperatures above 55°C.
- For hazardous products, follow precautions for use.
- For disinfectants: use biocidal products with caution. Read the label and regulatory information before using.