WEEE revision update

08 June 2012

We have just received up to date information from Miriam Rodway of IoR/ACRIB and Cedric Sloan (CEO of FETA) advising that it appears that refrigeration and air conditioning equipment has been (for now) excluded from revised regulations being worked up in Brussels.

F-Gas: still no prosecutions

07 June 2012

Defra has conceded that there have been no F-Gas prosecutions despite claims by registration bodies and training companies that significant numbers are working illegally.

Company Certification - July deadline

02 June 2011

Required now: From 4 July 2011 all interim Personnel and Company Certificates are no longer valid. It will be a legal requirement in Great Britain for all personnel to hold a full Personnel Certificate issued by a designated Certification Body if they install, maintain or service stationary refrigeration, air-conditioning or heat pump (RAC) equipment that contains or is designed to contain fluorinated greenhouse gases (F gases)1 or if they perform F gas recovery or leak checking work.

Campden BRI to hold shelf life course for chilled foods

01 June 2011

Campden BRI has announced it will be holding a one-day training course on methods for the evaluation and setting of shelf life of chilled foods.