Insurance / Industry Standards

Cleaning Concerns carries out a full  insurance-compliant cleaning service

Cleaning Concerns a Full and Approved Member of the NAADUK the National Association for Air Duct Specialists.

It’s the  NAADUK -21 and the BESA  TR / 19 set the industry standard for the cleaning of  grease extraction system

It is now a requirement of insurance companies,  as part of their terms and conditions, that all grease extraction plant and ducting is cleaned frequently by an accredited specialist company.

To ensure best practice and a healthy environment, there are regulations, standards and guidelines on maintaining and cleaning kitchen extract systems.

Regulation EC852/2004 Enforcement of Regulation on the Hygiene of Foodstuffs

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

L24 Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulation 1992 (revised 2013)

RC44 Recommendations – Fire risk assessment of catering extract ventilation

NAAD21 – Part 1 Grease (Kitchen Extract)

BESA TR / 19 Grease – Fire Risk Management of Grease Accumulation within Kitchen Extraction Systems

The intention is to provide complete management and traceability of the kitchen extract systems in the premises, observations supported by photographs and wet film thickness test measurements taken to provide a comprehensive account of each extract installation.

Health & Safety Act 1974 also play a big part in the maintaining of a commercial grease extract system. Stating it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all staff and customers. An absence of adequate control renders the business operator liable to criminal action. The absence of an effective system for maintaining ventilation extraction systems could readily lead to fire and subsequent injury or death of either building occupants or of third parties such as fire officers. Any such event would be likely to result in legal action.