If you run a commercial kitchen which is involved in any form of food service, regular commercial kitchen cleaning is essential both:
- For Compliance – to conform to Environmental health regulations and fire regulations, and your public liability insurance commitments. It is now also a requirement of insurance companies that kitchen grease removal from all plant and ducting in commercial kitchens is carried out frequently by an accredited specialist company. Failure to comply may result in any fire claim with your insurance company being repudiated.
- For the Customer Experience – to ensure Customer well-being, satisfaction and confidence to encourage repeat business
Key food hygiene regulations
Commercial kitchens are subject to UK food hygiene regulations as follows:
- Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs
- The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 (as amended) (and equivalent regulations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)*
