Antibacterial substances
Mandatory
Required: must be met for the credential.
Klar Cite summary
No antibacterial or disinfectant chemicals or nanomaterials, such as silver or copper nanoparticles, may go into the floor covering, bar in-can preservatives.
Nordic Swan·clause O24·p.31
Human Health
- Exemption
- The requirement does not apply to preservatives used to preserve the chemical product, so-called in-can preservatives.
Original wording
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Details
What the product must meet
- Exemptions
- The requirement does not apply to preservatives used to preserve the chemical product, so-called in-can preservatives.
How it is proven
- Evidence required
- Declaration from the manufacturer of the product that no chemical products and nanomaterials with antibacterial or disinfecting properties have been added during production or to the finished product. Appendix 2 can be used. Declaration from the manufacturer/supplier that the chemical product does not contain nanomaterials with antibacterial or disinfecting properties, in accordance with Appendix 6.
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
Klar Cite’s reading
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- Type of requirement
- Meet a limit or condition — e.g. a maximum emission or a minimum recycled content
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Topic
- Human Health — the topic the clause addresses, grouped by the Common Materials Framework (CMF)
Cite this clause
Nordic Swan · Floor Coverings (029) · version Group 029 v7.3 · clause O24 · page 31 · build 2026-10-27-1239 · https://klarcite.com/r/8ad909dd45e72403
Record details
Page 31, 1.5.1 Chemicals. Read in build 2026-10-27-1239, harvested 2026-10-27.
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