BS EN 1276 Certified Cleaning Products
Cleaning products that meet British and European standards regarding E-Coli
Comply with British standards with our wide range of BS EN 1276 products. BS EN 1276 disinfectants and sanitisers are used in food premises that meet the officially recognised standards according to the FSA's E.coli 0157: Control of Cross-contamination Guidance for Enforcement Officers. Astral Hygiene can provide a range of BS EN 1276 certified disinfectants and sanitisers in any quantity. Order online below.
This 10% Detergent is a brilliant product that you can buy in volume and it cuts through grease, creates a nice amount of bubbles in the water and makes your dishes really clean. Our 10% washing up liquid (5L) is also versatile detergent for cleaning of dishes and most hard surfaces.
10ltr Jeyes Bio Enzyme Drain Maintainer - Enzymes digest blockages in busy kitchen pipes! This Drain and Grease Trap maintainer is installed by our own Jeyes Engineer, and it is delivered by a timed dose, to biologically maintain your kitchen pipes. The enzymes that are introduced into the grease trap effectively create their own ecosystem and digest the bad bacteria which create smells and block drains with every timed dose. Buy Online!
Astral Hygiene’s 110ltr split-bodied sack holder is a free-standing, pedal-operated solution designed to promote hands-free waste disposal in hygiene-critical environments. Powder-coated in white with a matching lid, it supports both plastic and paper sacks, making it a versatile choice for hospitals, catering operations, and clinical settings. Its removable body design aids easy cleaning and spill containment, while the foot pedal mechanism minimises contact to help reduce cross-infection. Trusted by professionals across healthcare and hospitality, it’s a smart addition to any waste management plan.
Swantex Tis The Season Premium Christmas Cracker 12″ (Pack 50).These Premium Christmas Crackers are great festive table decorations and will make a snapping sound when pulled open.
High Quality Tork Handtowel, to create the best impression with every guest. One at a time dispensing for reduced consumption and improved hygiene.
135cm Stainless Steel Handle – Colour-Coded & Extra-Long. Durable, ergonomic, and designed for users of all heights. Available in a range of colours for hygiene control. Order online today.
Lightweight and durable, this 14-litre tough plastic mop bucket features a removable wringer and is available in red, blue, yellow, and green for hygiene compliance. Ideal for healthcare, food prep, and commercial cleaning.
Designed for safe and discreet sanitary waste management, this 17-litre white sanitary bin is ideal for washrooms in workplaces, hospitality venues, and healthcare settings. Featuring a pedal-operated lid, bag tightener, and an odour-eliminating cartridge box, it ensures hygienic hands-free use and effective containment. Buy online today for fast, reliable delivery from Astral Hygiene.
Men's Food Coat – Classic design with a practical single pocket, tailored for professional kitchen and food service environments. Available in a variety of sizes and colours to suit your team or brand. Durable, comfortable, and ideal for everyday use.
2208 - Baker's Trousers - Designed with comfort and protection in mind, a durable pair of trousers, that are absolutely fit for purpose.
2209 - Bakers Shirt Short Sleeve - Non shrinking to provide longjevity, practical and ergonomic garment.
24cm Cocktail Napkins White. Create that extra special dining experience with a quality paper napkin.
Black Cocktail Napkins - Compliment your dinner napkins with these classic embossed cocktail napkins. Minimalistic Black mixed for a cool and contemporary feel. Perfect for handing out with drinks or dispensed at the bar!
2852 - Standard Coat. Versatile coat, available in 5 colours, excellent dye retention, and has a single pocket.
Pedal Bin with durable steel body for disposal or refuse. Our simple white 3 Litre pedal bin is the perfect accessory for modern, minimal bathrooms and downstairs toilets. It can also be used in home offices, kids' rooms or even smaller kitchens. The bin's flip-top lid keeps rubbish hidden from view and is easy to open by lightly stepping on the pedal. The surface of the bin is easily restored to a high shine by wiping with a soft damp cloth. A great little bin, perfect for every day use.
300 Meters, Pack of 6 extra-length jumbo toilet rolls are ideal for keeping your washrooms, toilets and public areas stocked with cost-effective toilet paper.
Astral Hygiene's 300mm Combination Floor Nozzle is ideal for Henry Vacuums. Order Online Today!
An autoclavable brush that is food safe and can be put through the dishwasher to ensure food safety standards are attained and maintained. Available in blue, yellow, red and green. Buy Online Today!
30cm Hygiene Broom – Stiff is a High quality hygiene broom manufactured to ‘food safe’ standards. The broom is autoclavable allowing the brush to be easily cleaned at high temperatures. Buy Online today, for fast delivery.
30cm Hygiene Scrubbing Broom is manufactured to ‘food safe’ standards. This broom is ideal scrubbing surfaces and also tiled floors. Buy Online today, for fast delivery.
3-Piece Stainless Steel Tube Set. This is designed by Numatic and is ideal for Henry, Hetty, George etc - Order Today!
3ply Napkins - Swantex Superior Quality 40cm Napkins x 1000
3ply White Swantex Napkins x 1000. Very high quality, good robust, strong napkins. Available in 4 fold and 8 fold. Buy today.
These versatile, elegant 4.5" round paper doilies from Astral are ideal for attractive food and beverage presentation practically anywhere from tea rooms and cafés to hotels, bistros and restaurants. The traditional rose design and sturdy construction makes these doilies reliable and suitable for a variety of uses, such as placing underneath condiments and bills to add a final elegant flourish.
450ml Pink Pearl Soap. A luxury pearlesent soap, with a lovely silky texture. Order Today! Recommended for use in offices, health clubs, hotels, nursing and residential homes or simply around the home !!
500ml Hand Medic Dispenser - manufactured by Gojo/Purell to perfectly dispense Hand Medic Lotion.
The 50ltr recycling bin allows you to easily identify and separate different types of waste, ideal for recycling and splitting down items such as paper, glass, metals and general waste. Perfect for colour coded sites, where each 'zone' needs to be a different colour for infection control purposes. The bins offer wipe clean lids and bases and offer a simple lift up lid. Available in four colour choices - blue, green, yellow and red. Buy Online Today
50Ltr waste pedal bin, ideal for use in medium to large areas. This bin operated only by the foot avoids touching and cross contamination. Buy yours today!
These 70ltr bags are the only bag that is entirely eco friendly. As this bag is made from compostable materials, this bag becomes the elements it was once made from, so will return to carbon dioxide, nitrogen etc meaning it leaves no trace in the environment.
Keep your carpets, upholstery, and fabrics spotless with Astral Hygiene’s 750ml Spot and Stain Remover. This powerful, fast-acting cleaner is specially formulated to tackle tough stains like pet accidents, food spills, and grease. Ideal for veterinary practices and professional environments, it safely removes stains without damaging delicate fabrics, leaving surfaces fresh and residue-free.
8 Hour Burn Tea Light Candle. A deeper candle which is manufactured to a high quality standard, and will burn continually for 8 hours.
FAQs - BS EN 1276 Cleaning Products
We've answered some commonly asked questions about BS EN 1276 and what it means for your business.
What does BS EN 1276 mean?
The Food Standards Agency has published a guidance documents for all food handlers to prevent the risk of cross-contamination of E-Coli.
As Astral Hygiene are so well versed in food hygiene regulations we can now offer advice and support regarding the safe and most effective use of our products including Cleaner Sanitiser for use on Hard Surfaces, and Bactericidal Detergent for use in water to ensure safe food preparation.
What exactly is BS EN 1276?
BS EN 1276 is a European Standard which ensures that the bactericidal activity of chemical disinfectants are effective against controlling harmful micro-organisms.
All BS EN 1276 chemicals have been tested to ensure they are killing 99.999% of bacteria within 5 minutes. Many of our products here at Astral Hygiene have a contact time of only 30 Seconds, which is a more workable time than 5 minutes in a commercial kitchen. To ensure you are using a BS EN 1276 product correctly and to properly make sure that your product is BS EN certified and it must be used on a hard surfaces. All BS EN 1276 products must kill bacteria such as MRSA, salmonella, E. coli, flu virus (H1N1) and Pseudomonas Aerginosa.
How do I prevent cross contamination?
It is really important that you clean and disinfect all surfaces, chopping boards and equipment thoroughly before and after use.
Hand washing is of paramount importance in conjunction with good hygiene and always keep in raw and ready to eat foods separate. The food standards agency are very concerned about the reduction of the risk of E. coli cross contamination.The disinfection of surfaces can be accomplished using a BS EN 1276 spray. This has a contact time of 30 seconds meaning it will kill most harmful strains of bacteria dead within 30 seconds.
What is the importance of Cleaning as you go?
There is a lot to be said for cleaning as you go because you can use our cleaner sanitiser to sanitise and clean as you go. If you spray then wipe (step 1) the sanitiser on sideboards, then spray and leave it for 30 seconds and then simply wipe it off that area will be sanitised. Do make sure which ever chemical you procure it does say on the back BS EN 1276 or BS EN 13697 and this will keep your environmental health officer very happy if used appropriately.
What BSEN chemicals do I use when washing dishes?
When you are washing dishes you are removing the soil, however it is important to note that you’re not actually killing the bacteria when you wash in this way. To kill the bacteria need to wash the services at a high temperature and maintain that temperature for some time - thermal disinfection. The trouble is washing dishes at a high temperature for a prolonged period of time is it really going to work with you washing with your hands. This is why a commercial dishwasher is the most effective in sanitising your dishes. All environmental health officers and the food Standards agency would advocate that a commercial dishwasher is the best way to sanitise your dishes. Where the dishwasher is unavailable or impractical there is an alternative way.
To obtain the correct level of disinfection you must use a BS EN accredited product to sanitise your dishes. There is a distinction between washing your dishes and sanitising your dishes. We’ll tackle washing your dishes first. Many of us know this is done through using a simple detergent. The sanitisation process is a little more tricky and you must be accurate in both the amount of water that you put in your sink (you must know how many litres it holds) versus the amount of chemical that is introduced into that liquid.
There is a great deal of confusion around which BSEN (British Standards European Norm) to use when sanitising dishes, and this isn't being helped with the confusion around which BSEN tests for what. Let me explain.......
BSEN 1276, is a test which us undertaken on a hard surface ONLY. This test is undertaken on a hard surface, in which the amount of bacteria on that hard surface is firstly assessed, then sanitised and then assessed again. So for a product to be certified BSEN 1276, it must be used on a hard surface, and not in water (this is important - stay with me here!). For a chemical product to Pass BSEN 1276, it must achieve a bacteria reduction of 99.999% - this is the pass rate. Any product that says, tested against - doesn't mean it has passed BSEN 1276, and any product that says kills 99.99% of bacteria likely hasn't passed BSEN 1276 - because if it had passed and say kills 99.999%, the manufacturer would say it has passed.
In water, the test is entirely different, because the environment in which the test is being conducted is not a hard surface. BSEN 1040 is the test that must be passed to demonstate chemical effectiveness in water. This European Standard specifies a test method and the minimum requirements for basic bactericidal activity of chemical disinfectant and antiseptic products that form a homogeneous, physically stable preparation when diluted with water. So this means, any bactericidal detergent that is claiming to be tested against of even passing BSEN 1276, this product is not fit for it's intended purpose - for sanitising dishes, ergo BSEN 1276 is only effective on hard surfaces, and not proven to kill bacteria when heavily diluted in water.
The bactericidal detergent which we recommend here at Astral Has a dilution rate of one part chemical to 100 parts water and is BSEN 1040. So to illustrate that a bit more clearly that would be in a 20 litre sink you would put 200ml of chemical. To ensure you have the correct delusion to kill 99.999% of bacteria. You must also follow the remainder of the instructions on the back of the bottle which detail submerging your dishes in the water for five minutes, pulling them out of the solution and putting them on the newly sanitised draining board to dry. Never wiping them with a tea towel and putting them away on a sanitised surface.
Can I use bleach to clean a chopping board?
In essence the answer to this question is it a definite no. Bleach is a Caustic non-food safe chemical, which will taint your food and potentially leave behind a dangerous residue on the surfaces that you prepare food for your customers.
I only have a small cafe, are these regulations pertinent to me?
Any food handling operative must comply with the guidance on the Food Standards Agency website and they all must use appropriate chemicals to reduce the contamination of E Coli in the food that they serve to their customers.
Everyone should know about the differences between BS EN 1276 and BS EN 14476

Are you ready for Hygiene 2.0?


Businesses, individuals; everyone has been through such a difficult and harrowing time over the last 12 months…. so now is the time to devise a plan to counter the effects of new virus outbreaks to allow us to manage it whilst still allowing businesses to function.
In 2007, statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb defined “Black Swan” as an event that “is an outlier,” as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations. Black Swans by that definition are mostly unforeseen, rare, and can be created by geo-political, economic, or from other unexpected events.
To distinguish this COVID 19 event from the other epidemics we have endured recently would make it a Black Swan, but COVID 19 was not a Black Swan, because a Black Swan is an unpredictable event, but with the seasonal flu, norovirus and colds as frequently present as they are, and our seasoned, relevant and recent experience with pandemics, we should have seen this coming.
We have a society that makes it easy for infectious diseases to spread, we live in close contact, touch shared surfaces and share the same spaces and air. Have you noticed that this year you haven’t had a cold or flu? Most years either myself or my husband get a nasty cold and then we ‘share’ it with the rest of the family, but this year that hasn’t happened. This is due to increased hygiene procedures that everyone has put in place. When we go to a shared space, we sanitise; we sanitise everything we touch, shopping trolleys etc and time with other people has been very limited.
The fact that everywhere had to go in to full lockdown across the UK; not once but twice, is a real indication that our hygiene strategy just wasn’t working. Safe work places need to be an absolute necessity. I blogged a couple of weeks ago about returning to work, and not only shared kitchens need to be managed appropriately, but also work stations, chairs, bathrooms etc. Going to work, should be safe, and that can only be done through managing hygiene appropriately.
You can only manage hygiene by killing bacteria and virus’ or hand washing, and I blogged last week about making sure that your products carry the appropriate certifications such as BSEN 1276 and BSEN 14476. I’ve linked our website sections here so that you can see the products we carry which will help you to manage your hygiene appropriately. It is now more important than ever that everyone is managing their hygiene, and it has become business critical to a lot of businesses that we get through this pandemic without having to go in to lockdown again. Using appropriately tested, safe and effective products, is where to begin.
As I inferred previously, infection control has to change forever. Infection control shouldn’t just be something we do in hospitals, it needs to become a way of life. COVID has permeated everyone’s lives in some way or another, and some people have been altered forever, so we must take a new view on hygiene, and as a population take both individual and collective responsibility for the new hygiene strategy.
We must design our lives and our life styles with hygiene in mind. Urban design in the 20th Century was shaped by Cholera and War, so is it a sensible conclusion to remark that the 21st Century will be designed around Coronavirus and Climate? More space, wider doors, more green space, more cycling and walking, staggered commutes and start times (Munter and Ackerly) will be the way in which the 21st Century will be designed?
Will the more space approach be the ‘new’ strategy to avoidance of a new pandemic? Will this be the end of open plan offices, or will a more rigorous approach to cleaning and sanitisation be the answer?
We have been talking about new ways to manage hygiene in the home for while, and the International Forum on Home Hygiene discussed containing the burden of infectious diseases being everyone’s responsibility in 2018 – before this pandemic broke.
This new strategy needs to be created by policy makers, and held up nationally and internationally as a way forward by all countries. Sadly, as we have seen throughout this years pandemic, it was the divergence of approaches across the world which has lead to the spread of this virus, and the mismanagement of a united approach.
Businesses are looking for more expertise than ever before in terms of advice and guidance. Getting the right advice, specifically tailored to your unique situation or area is key in terms of making your own hygiene strategy. Making businesses safe for employees to come back rests firmly on employers, and it remains your responsibility to keep your team safe. Customer safety is also the responsibility of businesses, so in terms of burden that is a lot! Get the right advice, give us a call at Astral, our advice and guidance is free, so please use it!