ASSOCIATIONS SPONSOR
CHSA toughens up
in ensuring standards
One of the fundamental aims of the CHSA is to are getting value for money
raise standards in the Cleaning Industry. Over and peace of mind.
the course of the last few years the practice
To claim your free Soft
has evolved within the soft tissue market of
Tissue Audit, log on to
supplying products in unmarked packs for use
www.freetissueaudit.co.uk.
as ‘fighting brands’ in a very price competitive
You will be asked to
environment. Incredibly this is not illegal and
provide some information
enables products to fall outside the controls of
which will be passed to the
both the Trades Descriptions Act and the
Scheme Inspector. He will
Weights and Measures Act. Today’s technology
then contact you directly to
allows products to be made to a diameter,
follow up your request.
rather than a length. It is perhaps not
Alternatively call CHSA on
surprising therefore that some unscrupulous
Scheme Inspector Gordon Butt
0800 243919.
suppliers then pass these products off as being
more than they really are.
products. Many examples have been found
As Graham Fletcher,
where non Scheme members’ products are
Secretary of the
CHSA has had a question asked in Parliament
fully labeled but the specification on the label
CHSA and Chairman
in an attempt to outlaw the sale of unlabelled
is not met by the product in the box. On
of the Soft Tissue
products. Government’s response has been to
occasions where a significant short measure
Manufacturers
encourage self regulation. The Association has
has been found the Independent Scheme
therefore accepted the challenge and taken the
Accreditation
Inspector has reported the incident to Trading Graham Fletcher,
initiative to rid the marketplace of these
Scheme, explains,
Standards and prosecutions have followed.
General Secretary, CHSA
products, and consequently this practice, with
‘We will continue to
If you are a distributor it can take years to build
the introduction of the Manufacturing Standard
lobby Government to address this important
a reputation. That reputation could be lost
Accreditation Scheme for soft tissue products.
cnsumer protection issue. However, in the
Those companies who register for the Scheme
overnight if you are prosecuted for selling
meantime we need your help and support if
undertake to fully label all their products with
short measure, even if you bought the product
we are to change these practices and raise the
lengths, widths and sheet counts as
in good faith.
standards in our industry. By reducing the
appropriate and guarantee that the product in If you are not buying your soft tissue products
opportunities open to these dishonest
the box meets the specification on the label. from a Scheme member and are concerned
suppliers we can bring them into line and
Such companies are permitted to feature the
that you may have been supplied short length
together we can Beat the Cheats.”
approved Accreditation logo on their packs and
product, you can contact the CHSA Scheme to
www.chsa.co.uk
literature which allows end users to easily
arrange for your products to be tested free of
identify those products which can be bought
charge. This offer is open to end users and
with total confidence.
distributors alike to ensure you are getting what
CHSA regularly audits both the products of
you specified and paid for when purchasing
Scheme member and non Scheme members
soft tissue products. The Scheme inspector
to ensure that they conform to the Standard.
will audit your products and supply you with a
Sadly it has been discovered that the problem
confidential report. You can then take whatever
of short measure is not limited to unlabelled
action you feel appropriate to ensure that you
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