A total solution
At the ETL SEMKO Division of Intertek UK our experts specialise in testing for the Food Service Equipment industry and they are supported by accreditations and recognitions from around the globe. Whether you manufacture equipment that prepares, warms, cooks, dispenses or refrigerates food; or you produce dishwashers or laundry washing machines, we provide a total solution, at our facility – or yours –on time and to budget.
Concurrent testing saves time & cost
While we are conducting product sanitation testing, we can also conduct electrical and gas safety, performance and EMC testing. By tailoring a package of testing and certification services to meet your needs and conducting them concurrently, Intertek can significantly reduce your testing costs and help you get your product to market faster.
From technical advice - through design review - to final approval, we can deliver all the expertise you will need to access world markets.
- Electrical safety
- Gas safety
- Mechanical safety
- Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
- Environmental, including noise
- Highly Accelerated Life Testing
- Approval to the UK Drinking Water Regulations
- Sanitation to ANSI/NSF Standards
- ETL Sanitation Mark for the USA
- ETL Listing/Labelling for the USA & Canada
- Safety S Mark for Europe
- GS Mark for Germany
- CB Scheme for international certifications
- Global Market Access to the rest of the world
Concurrent testing offers other benefits too: it provides you with one expert team intimately involved in all aspects of your product testing, which helps you overcome design challenges, navigate global barriers and realise more efficient testing and certification processes.
What about CE marking and meeting other European market requirements?
This will not cause a problem if Intertek UK is your partner because we are accredited and notified under relevant regulations and directives:
- Low Voltage Directive
- EMC Directive
- Gas Appliance Directive
- Machinery Directive
- UK Drinking Water Regulations
We can also provide appropriate
European certification marks, including
Germany’s GS Mark and Sweden’s S Mark.
And into North America … ?
ETL Listed Mark for the US & Canada
- Intertek has been operating in the USA for over a hundred years and has excellent knowledge and understanding of local requirements for Food Service Equipment approval.
- Intertek is recognised by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).. This allows us to test to applicable safety standards and to issue our widely accepted ETL Listed Mark.
ETL Sanitation Mark for the US & Canada
- You know that commercial Food Service Equipment must comply with sanitation standards published by NSF International and recognised by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
- What you might not know is that Intertek is accredited by ANSI as a certification body to conduct sanitation testing for your equipment.
- This allows us to test to ANSI/NSF standards and to issue our widely accepted, proprietary ETL Sanitation Mark.
And the rest of the world
Food Service Equipment manufacturers who wish to sell their products in other world markets will value Intertek's
Global Market Access programme (GMA), a dynamic on-line resource guide for manufacturing industry professionals.
The key to successful market entry is to work with Intertek at the earliest possible stages of product development so that compliance issues can be avoided.
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