Linen from Food Processing BusinessesRAL Quality Certification Mark RAL-GZ 992/3

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CERTIFICATION AWARD BODY: RAL German Certification Association for Professional Textile ServicesTESTING INSTITUTE: Hohenstein Institute

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The RAL Quality Certification Mark 992/3

for linen from food processing businesses

was introduced in 1998 in connection

with the implementation of the European

Directive on hygiene when handling

foodstuffs. The aim is to ensure fully

hygienic clothing as part of the general

hygiene management in facilities where

food is produced, handled or sold.

Guaranteed cleanliness and hygiene RAL Quality Certification Mark RAL-GZ 992/3 for linen from food processing businesses

Long before the hygiene management

system DIN EN 14065 "Risk Analysis and

Biocontamination Control System (RABC)"

existed, the laundry sector with its Quality

Certification Mark for linen from food

processing businesses had already developed

pioneering test and inspection principles and

successfully and permanently established

them in the market.

The RAL Quality Certification Mark 992/3 is

awarded independently from other quality

marks for professional linen care and requires

member companies to demonstrate process

control and compliance with the required

strict hygiene standards. This is monitored

throughout a six-month qualifying period.

The requirements for the technical equipment

and the work process are particularly

high. This also ensures there is no risk of

contamination of the processed products

through the work clothing of the personnel

and other textiles used.

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The President The Managing Director

Karl-Rainer Dauer Ludger v. Schoenebeck

GÜTEGEMEINSCHAFT SACHGEMÄSSE WÄSCHEPFLEGE E.V.German Certification Association for Professional Textile ServicesSchloss Hohenstein · 74357 Bönnigheim · GERMANY · www.quality-laundry.com

Linen from Food Processing Businesses RAL-GZ 992/3

RAL-HYGIENE CERTIFICATERAL-HYGIENE CERTIFICATE

As a result of the textile, microbiological and hygiene tests specified by the RAL German Institute for Quality Assurance and Certification and executed by Hohenstein Laboratories, the

is being awarded to the textile services company

as evidence that the requirements regarding the processing of linen from food processing businesses have been fulfilled.

The RAL Hygiene Certificate also comprises the

Hygiene Management System RABC · DIN EN 14065 (Textiles Processed in Industrial Laundries - Biocontamination Control System)

The RAL Hygiene Certificate is valid for the time period stated below, provided that no deficiencies in quality assurance occur within this period. The certificate may be used during its award period in advertising, as an appendix to bids and in order negotiations etc. Advertising only displaying the words “RAL Hygiene Certificate” on envelopes, vehicles and other similar advertising materials is not permitted.

Valid from 1 January _____ until 31 December ____

Professional Textile ServiceLaundryIndustrial Park 1 - 1012345 Clean City

Hygiene in the kitchen

In addition to the food processing industry,

retailers and catering establishments, the

kitchens of the restaurant industry are

another area where the standard regulations

for linen from food processing businesses

apply.

Target groups

Using validated processes, commercial

laundries with the RAL Quality

Certification Mark 992/3 guarantee

proper and hygienic preparation

of all types of textiles used during

manufacturing and processing of food.

• European Standard DIN EN 14065 "Risk Analysis

and Biocontamination Control System (RABC)"

• Global Standard for Food Safety of British Retail

Consortium (BRC)

• International Food Standard (IFS)

Hygiene Certificate on the basis of the RAL Quality Certification Mark RAL-GZ 992/3

The RAL Hygiene Certificate for food

processing businesses also includes the

hygiene management requirements in

accordance with the most important

international standards.

TARGET GROUP FOOD PROCESSING

COMPANIES

FOOD RETAILING

KITCHEN STAFF

FORMS OF TEXTILES WORKWEAR

KITCHEN TEXTILES

EUROPEAN CERTIFICATEEUROPEAN CERTIFICATEThe below mentioned company is authorized to bear the RAL Hygiene Certificate for the Processing of Linen from Food Processing Businesses RAL-GZ 992/3.

Based on the RAL Hygiene Certificate the laundry complies with the microbiological and washing technological quality standard for linen from food processing businesses specified by the RAL German Institute for Quality Assurance and Certification and can thus be integrated into the hygiene assurance concept according to HACCP and the foodstuff and hygiene regulation. This also includes the compliance with the minimum requirements for linen according to the International Food Standard (IFS), Version 6, part 2, item 3.2.2.5 as well as 3.2.2.6 and the BRC (British Retail Consortium), Global Safety Standard for Food Products, version 6, section II, items 7.4.3 and 7.4.4.

Valid from 01 .01._____ until 31. 12._____

The quality and test regulations of the RAL Hygiene Certificate also comprise the quality control system according to the European standard DIN EN 14065.

Textiles processed in Industrial Laundries - Biocontamination Control System

(Risk-Analysis and Biocontamination Control System - RABC)

Professional Textile ServiceLaundryIndustrial Park 1 - 1012345 Clean City

Gütegemeinschaft sachgemäße Wäschepflege e.V.

The President The Managing Director

Karl-Rainer Dauer Ludger v. Schoenebeck

GÜTEGEMEINSCHAFT SACHGEMÄSSE WÄSCHEPFLEGE E.V.German Certification Association for Professional Textile ServicesSchloss Hohenstein · 74357 Bönnigheim · GERMANY · www.quality-laundry.com

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Microbiological hygienic requirements for linen from food processing businesses according to RAL Quality Certification Mark RAL-GZ 992/3

Microbiological values (permitted colony forming units, CFU)

LIMIT VALUES RAL-GZ 992/3

Dry linen 9 out of 10 samples no more than 50 CFU / 1 dm² 1)

Bioindicators must be killed

THRESHOLD VALUES RAL-GZ 992/3

Moist linen 100 CFU / 1 dm²

Hard / untreated water 100 CFU / 1 ml

Water after softening 100 CFU / 1 ml

Extracting / rinsing processes 100 CFU / 1 ml

GUIDE VALUES RAL-GZ 992/3

Technical equipment 100 CFU / 1 dm²

Storage 100 CFU / 1 dm²

Hand hygiene 100 CFU / 1 dm²

Extracting water /pre-wash area 1000 CFU / 1 ml

Hygiene inspections

Textiles in food processing companies

must comply with particularly high

hygiene standards. An important

prerequisite for this is consistent hygiene

management in any reprocessing as

provided by the certified companies.

This is checked during the annual site

inspections which are carried out by

independent experts from the Hohenstein

Institute. The hygiene status is ascertained

using microbiological surface swabs and

water samples from the various areas of a

laundry company, the hands of employees

and the processed laundries.

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1) Comment:

The textiles processed must be free of any microbiological contamination. The assessment is carried out by the expert microbiologists in the Depart-ment for Hygiene, Environment and Medicine at the Hohenstein Institute.

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HOHENSTEIN

The Hohenstein Institute was founded in 1946 as an independent and privately-owned research and teaching centre for the textile and clothing industry and for commercial textile care companies. Today, the test and research centre is still managed as a family company, run by the third generation represented by Prof. Dr. Stefan Mecheels. At the head office in Bönnigheim and around the globe, more than 550 people work to service customers. The microbiological controls and assessments are carried out at the Hohenstein Institute in the Institute for Hygiene, Environment and Medicine under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Dirk Höfer.

Hohenstein InstituteThe testing institute for the RAL Quality Certification Mark RAL-GZ 992 for Professional Textile Services