We take great care over hygiene at the Herbs in a Bottle Essendine site, and everyone who joins the company will go through our Hygiene Training and on-going inspections.
Clothing
Everyone who works in our production areas is required to wear designated overcoats (made of a durable material with no pockets and no button fastenings). They must also wear hair nets so that hair and ears are completely covered at all times. The net must be put on before the coat to avoid any hairs getting onto the coats.
Only work shoes can be used in production areas, and outdoor shoes must be left in the locker room.
No watches or jewellery are allowed (with the exception of plain gold wedding bands). Wearing nail varnish, strong perfume or excessive make-up is not permitted. Mobile 'phones and other personal electronic equipment cannot be taken into the production areas.
At the start of each shift all production personnel are inspected by their managers.
All staff are reminded that raw materials, intermediate or finished products must not come into contact with bare hands.
Food and Drink
Drinking water is provided at a specific point in the Despatch office. Otherwise no food or drink is allowed in the production areas. A staff canteen (outside the production areas) is provided where staff can take their breaks.
Smoking
Herbs in a Bottle Essendine is a no-smoking site.
Personal Hygiene
All production personnel are required to wash their arms and hands thoroughly before commencing work and regularly throughout the day as required (and always after toilet visits). Washing arms and hands between product batches is mandatory. Fingernails must be kept short and clean.
Exposed cuts and abrasions must be covered with blue detectable waterproof dressings.
Health declaration forms must be completed by all production staff returning to work after an absence (including holidays abroad), after sickness and after any unauthorised absence.
Stomach upsets developing on-shift must be reported immediately to a supervisor. All personnel suffering from or coming onto contact with infections (eg typhoid, dysentery, staphylococcal infection) must immediately inform the management team, and where necessary health clearance from their doctor will be required before they can return to work. No personal medications are allowed in the production areas.
Visitors
All visitors to the Essendine site are recorded and must complete a health questionnaire. Visitors cannot enter production areas without authorisation, and must comply with the rules on wearing protective clothing including shoe coverings. Hand wash rules also apply.
Miscellaneous requirements
There are many other hygiene procedures in force throughout Essendine, and these vary according to the equipment operated and the way the respective herbs are processed. For instance, disposable aprons and gloves are worn for processing powders and dry herbs; special green coats must be worn in the mill room; spillages must never be returned to clean stock etc.
What does our Hygiene policy mean to you...
The high standards we insist upon through our Hygiene policy mean that our products are clean and uncontaminated. We always keep in mind the fact that ultimately our medicines will be prescribed to people who are ill and often will have low immunity. Cleanliness and hygiene is not just good business, it is a moral duty to those end users we seek to serve.
www.herbsinabottle.com
Clothing
Everyone who works in our production areas is required to wear designated overcoats (made of a durable material with no pockets and no button fastenings). They must also wear hair nets so that hair and ears are completely covered at all times. The net must be put on before the coat to avoid any hairs getting onto the coats.
Only work shoes can be used in production areas, and outdoor shoes must be left in the locker room.
No watches or jewellery are allowed (with the exception of plain gold wedding bands). Wearing nail varnish, strong perfume or excessive make-up is not permitted. Mobile 'phones and other personal electronic equipment cannot be taken into the production areas.
At the start of each shift all production personnel are inspected by their managers.
All staff are reminded that raw materials, intermediate or finished products must not come into contact with bare hands.
Food and Drink
Drinking water is provided at a specific point in the Despatch office. Otherwise no food or drink is allowed in the production areas. A staff canteen (outside the production areas) is provided where staff can take their breaks.
Smoking
Herbs in a Bottle Essendine is a no-smoking site.
Personal Hygiene
All production personnel are required to wash their arms and hands thoroughly before commencing work and regularly throughout the day as required (and always after toilet visits). Washing arms and hands between product batches is mandatory. Fingernails must be kept short and clean.
Exposed cuts and abrasions must be covered with blue detectable waterproof dressings.
Health declaration forms must be completed by all production staff returning to work after an absence (including holidays abroad), after sickness and after any unauthorised absence.
Stomach upsets developing on-shift must be reported immediately to a supervisor. All personnel suffering from or coming onto contact with infections (eg typhoid, dysentery, staphylococcal infection) must immediately inform the management team, and where necessary health clearance from their doctor will be required before they can return to work. No personal medications are allowed in the production areas.
Visitors
All visitors to the Essendine site are recorded and must complete a health questionnaire. Visitors cannot enter production areas without authorisation, and must comply with the rules on wearing protective clothing including shoe coverings. Hand wash rules also apply.
Miscellaneous requirements
There are many other hygiene procedures in force throughout Essendine, and these vary according to the equipment operated and the way the respective herbs are processed. For instance, disposable aprons and gloves are worn for processing powders and dry herbs; special green coats must be worn in the mill room; spillages must never be returned to clean stock etc.
What does our Hygiene policy mean to you...
The high standards we insist upon through our Hygiene policy mean that our products are clean and uncontaminated. We always keep in mind the fact that ultimately our medicines will be prescribed to people who are ill and often will have low immunity. Cleanliness and hygiene is not just good business, it is a moral duty to those end users we seek to serve.
www.herbsinabottle.com
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