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The Hill Brush Company
Ltd registration number under the FEIBP Hygiene Charter is -
GB-700
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European Brushware Federation Charter
for Professional Hygiene Brushware
PHB Charter
The European Brushware Federation (F.E.I.B.P) has responded to
a new market requirement by introducing a Charter for Professional
Hygiene Brushware. The Charter has been established so as to enable
the purchasers of this type of product to be confident that they
will be supplied with high quality professional brushware which
comply with all existing hygiene regulations.
The customers still have the responsibility of organising their
own hygiene systems, but will be assured that if they purchase
professional hygiene brushware from an F.E.I.B.P registered manufacturer
it will be fit for purpose.
1. Definition for
Hygiene Brushware
These are products from the brushware sector which are intended
for use in any food business (which includes preparation, processing,
manufacturing, packing, storing, transportation, distribution,
handling or offering for sale or supply, see COUNCIL
DIRECTIVE 93/43 ECC 14th June 1993) or other hygienically sensitive
areas such as hospitals, etc.
The products are characterised by the fact that they are constructed
in such a way, and of such materials, that they will not, in themselves
absorb bacteria or contaminate any food stuffs or sensitive areas
during their normal use. The materials should be corrosion proof
and non-toxic, and the products should be able to withstand sterilisation
or disinfection by other processes, including chemical treatment.
2. Specifications
of brushes, handles and squeegees
2.1 Brush Components
The brush components must be made of materials resistant to solvents,
chemical cleaning agents and temperatures required for disinfection.
The components must not contain Chlorine. Any additives/compounds
or colourants must be food grade of a recognised standard, and
must not contain lead, mercury or cadmium. No hollow or flagged
fibres are to be allowed.
2.2 Brush filling
material fixing
The brush filling material retention must be by means of either
wire (which cannot be attacked or made brittle by oxidisation)
and/or by means of epoxy resin, which is made up of food grade
components of a recognised standard, or of fused construction.
2.3 Handles
Handles must be manufactured from food grade stainless steel or
fibreglass with a topcoat, or aluminium which is either anodised
or coated with approved materials. All handle fittings (handgrips
and threads) must be made from materials as those defined under
“brush components”.
2.4 Squeegees
Squeegees for hygiene areas which use solid rubber or foamed rubber
with minimum 95% closed cells in a double up construction, must
be designed in such a way, that they can be cleaned, disinfected
and inspected.
2.5 Marking/Identification
All marking of the products must be carried out by the best technical
and hygienic methods possible, prescribed or not.
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