BlueTick Extraction Hygiene · 07840 992 246 · info@bluetickhygiene.co.uk
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What a BlueTick kitchen extract cleaning record contains and how to check one. For clients with a cleaning condition on their commercial kitchen policy.
What every record contains
- The premises, the date and the systems cleaned: canopy, filters, plenum, ductwork and fan, each listed.
- Grease thickness readings before and after at the same stated points, with the reduction achieved.
- Dated before-and-after photographs of each part.
- Any section that could not be reached, with the reason, so the scope is never overstated.
- The technician's name and BESA Academy qualification.
- The recommended date of the next clean, from the kitchen's cooking hours.
- A certificate number that anyone can check at bluetickhygiene.co.uk/verify.
Cleaning intervals
BESA TR19 Grease sets the interval by hours of cooking a day. It is guidance, not law; the statutory duty is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
| 12–16 hours a day | Every 3 months |
| 6–12 hours a day | Every 6 months |
| 2–6 hours a day | Every 12 months |
Who does the work
- Umair M Hussain t/a BlueTick Extraction Hygiene, 29 Ivatt Way, Peterborough PE3 7PH.
- Every clean is carried out by Umair Hussain: BESA Academy Grease Hygiene Technician (GHT3) and BESA Academy Grease Hygiene Operative (GHO3).
- Umair Hussain also holds the CII Level 3 Certificate in Insurance. BlueTick is not FCA regulated and does not give insurance advice.
- Public liability £5 million; employers' liability £10 million. Certificates of insurance on request.
- We cover commercial kitchens within 70 miles of Peterborough: regularly across Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Bedfordshire, including Cambridge, Leicester, Nottingham, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Lincoln, Bedford and King's Lynn, and further out to Norwich, Coventry, Derby, Luton and Chelmsford and the edge of Birmingham.
Verifying a certificate
Each certificate carries a number and a QR code. Entering the number at bluetickhygiene.co.uk/verify shows the certificate as issued, so an altered or reused copy is easy to spot.
A specimen certificate
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
Kitchen Extract Cleaning — BESA TR19 Standard
BlueTick Extraction Hygiene | 07840 992 246 | bluetickhygiene.co.uk
TR19 COMPLIANT — PASS
BESA TR19 Standard
Certificate No: Certificate number removed from this specimen
- Client / Business:
- Client name removed from this specimen
- Site Address:
- Site address removed from this specimen
- Postcode:
- Postcode removed from this specimen
- Date of Clean:
- Date removed from this specimen
- Grease Level (Pre-Clean):
- Measured reading removed from this specimen
- Grease Level (Post-Clean):
- Measured reading removed from this specimen
- Grease Category:
- Heavy
- Cleaning Standard:
- BESA TR19 Grease — Kitchen Ventilation Systems
- Recommended Frequency:
- Every 3 months
- Technician:
- Technician name removed from this specimen
- Certificate Issued:
- Date removed from this specimen
- Next Clean Due:
- Date removed from this specimen
- Systems Cleaned:
- Kitchen extract canopy, ductwork, extract fan, filters
Scope of Works
Full clean of the kitchen extract system: canopy and baffle filters, the horizontal duct run, the riser, the extract fan and the discharge point. Existing access panels were used throughout and two further panels were fitted before cleaning so the riser could be reached along its length.
Cleaning Outcome
Grease deposits were measured at named points before and after cleaning, and the recorded reduction is set out in the verification report issued with this certificate. Photographs of each section before and after are included.
Compliance Statement
This certificate confirms that the above kitchen extract system has been cleaned in accordance with BESA TR19 Grease — A Guide to Good Practice for the Design, Installation, Testing and Maintenance of Kitchen Ventilation Systems. The system is now TR19 compliant.
Actions Required / Improvements Needed
1. Access panels, far duct run: the final three metres before the discharge point cannot be reached without two further panels. Fitting them would bring the whole run into scope at the next clean. [Medium]
Authorised Signatory — BlueTick Extraction Hygiene
Integrity Hash: Hash removed from this specimen
Verify online: bluetickhygiene.co.uk/verify/<certificate number>
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The two grease readings are redacted because they belong to one kitchen on one day. We do not publish a single figure as a pass mark: certificates have been issued as a pass above the number usually quoted online, so the reading only means anything alongside the scope, the measurement points and the recorded compliance wording. Ask any contractor for a sample certificate before you book — if the scope statement is missing, the certificate is thinner than it looks.
More for insurers and brokers on this page. To discuss a client's kitchen, call 07840 992 246 or email info@bluetickhygiene.co.uk.