Rubbermaid Certifications

Rubbermaid Commercial Products holds the following certifications:
ISO 9000  |  ASTM  |  CSFM  |  FDA  |  FM  |  HACCP  |  ISTA  |  NSF  |  UL  |  USDA

Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC

3124 Valley Avenue
Winchester, Virginia 22601, USA

CERTIFICATE NUMBER FM 31148
2000 Overhead Bridge Road
Cleveland, Tennessee 37312, USA

CERTIFICATE NUMBER FM 33122
operates a quality management system which complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9002/Winchester, Va. and BS EN ISO 9001/Cleveland, Tn.

ISO 9000

ISO 9000 is an internationally recognized quality management system that provides:

• Guidance for businesses that want to implement or improve quality systems within their business;
• Benchmarks that customers can use to evaluate a supplier's quality system.

ISO Certification of the Commercial Products Facilities perfectly embodies Rubbermaid principles:

• ISO certification represents a commitment to continuous value improvement. Rather than look at particular products, ISO 9000 reviews the systems and procedures through which businesses assure quality products.
• ISO certification shows that a company has built a culture of quality.
• ISO certification demonstrates a commitment to world class quality systems and the global marketplace.

Link: www.ISO9000.org

ASTM

ASTM F-404 is an American Society for Testing and Materials' safety standard for evaluating a High Chair. A "test dummy" that simulates a child of predetermined size is strapped into the chair and various push, pull and racking tests are conducted on the chair and also using the dummy to simulate forces required to remove dummy, to determine the safety aspects of ensuring proper confinement within the chair without causing harm to the child.

Link: www.astm.org

CSFM

California State Fire Marshal listing is obtained for various types of containers once tested (by independent testing laboratories) against specific criteria. Following our receipt of UL and/or FM approval for those items, the results were submitted/accepted by California. The State of California is generally regarded to have the most stringent fire codes of all the United States. For an annual fee (every June 30th) the CSFM listings are updated.

Link: osfm.fire.ca.gov

FDA

Food and Drug Administration does not approve products.The FDA sets regulations which require compliance.

Link: www.fda.gov

FM

Factory Mutual is an independent testing agency whose approvals are based on Standard 6921 Combustible Waste Containers. Standard 6921 is performance criteria for containers with covers (lids) and their ability to withstand internal fires, maintain a certain range of stability, if dumped, and stay intact over a wide temperature range. Standard 6920 is performance criteria for Oily Waste Containers.

Link: www.fmglobal.com

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points is a systematic method using principles (Food Hygiene Practices) for analyzing a food process and determining the possible chemical, physical, and biological hazards within that process, that should prevent any unsafe food from leaving the process (this process could be for a food processing plant or food preparation in a restaurant). The seven principles are: 1. Application, 2. HACCP Plan Validation, 3. Quality Manual Review, 4. On-site Readiness Review, 5. Registration Audit, 6. Registration, 7. Surveillance.

Link: www.cfsan.fda.gov

ISTA

International Safe Transit Association. The Compacted Mops were tested and certified via ISTA Test Procedures.

Link: www.ista.org

NSF

NSF International is an independent testing lab/organization in Ann Arbor, Michigan. NSF lists products which meet their criteria for cleanability and sanitation: food contact, splash zone and non-food contact, per Standard 2: Food Equipment and Standard 18: Manual Beverage Dispensers. Also, Standard 21: Thermoplastic Refuse Containers.

Link: www.nsf.org

UL

Underwriters Laboratory The UL classified baskets (2540, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2544) meet the criteria for UL Standard 242 which is a standard of performance for open top, non-metallic wastepaper containers. UL classified baskets are generally found in use in patient care rooms (hospitals/nursing homes).

Link: www.ul.com

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture Equipment Listing (Meat and Poultry and 3A Dairy Listing). Items that comply with USDA regulations via the design, construction, and materials of a product.

Link: www.usda.gov

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