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Environmental and food safety in the healthcare sector

Vikan's healthcare solution provides a pragmatic approach to the sector's challenges of ensuring efficient clinical cleaning, infection control and a safe physical environment.

The Nordic Eco Label

The Nordic Swan Mark is an eco-label system implemented across the five Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark since 1989. Vikan has been accredited the Swan Mark for the manufacture of their high-quality and functional products that also promote a reduced and environmentally conscious use of water and detergents. The diploma can be seen by clicking on the first icon to the left. ...

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European Brush Manufacturers

Vikan is a member of the Federation of European Brush Manufacturers (FEIBP) and a registered member of their Professional Hygiene Brush Working Group. ...

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Approved materials

All Vikan products that might come into contact with food stuffs have been designed to comply with Framework Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 and EU 10/2011, and are marked with the glass and fork symbol. These food-contact products are also made with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved raw materials that comply with Regulation CFR21 for processing, handling and packaging foodstuffs. ...

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Migration tests

Materials intended to come into contact with foodstuffs are not allowed to transfer toxic substances via migration when in contact with food. Vikan’s colour coded products specially designed for the food industry are complying 100% with this requirement. The Vikan products are tested at a certified laboratory, furnishing documentation that Vikan’s products are complying with the migration limits laid down by EU legislation, and set up in the recent EU regulation 10/2011. Please click on the link to see the example of documentation of a completed migration test. If you wish to see tests of other products, please contact us....

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