How to deal with foreign food packaging standard frequently
How to deal with foreign food packaging standard frequently
In recent years, due to the frequent incidents of food safety incidents, the safety and hygiene requirements of various countries concerned have been constantly tightened, and the supervision of food packaging and other commodities has been continuously upgraded. The European Union, the United States, Japan and other major markets and emerging markets such as Indonesia series of food packaging and food contact materials, the new rules, the prevention and control efforts often overweight, related export enterprise must attach great importance to.
The scope of chemical hazard limitation was expanded
Generally food packaging made by metal, glass, paper, plastic, composite materials such as material, and production process involved in a variety of processing technology and production assistant, the existence of poisonous and harmful chemicals migration risk. In October 2014, the natural resources protection organization, breast cancer fund and so on nine big organization jointly to petition the fda initiated, called for a ban on food packaging affect fetal development, cancer and other hazards exist in the perchlorate, long chain fluorinated carbon all kinds of chemical substances, such substances as functional additives widely used in plastic food packaging materials, such as this is a wake-up call for imports of food enterprises.
In conventional food contact materials, toxic chemicals such as phthalene plasticizer, toxic dyes and heavy metals have been banned and the scope of the restriction has been extended. In the case of bisphenol a, the use of bisphenol a in baby products such as milk bottles has been banned by the eu, Australia and other countries since 2013 and has a global knock-on effect. And France announced that since January 2015, a total ban on the production, import, export or sell any food packaging containing bisphenol a, in order to avoid this kind of material for ordinary consumers pose a potential health hazards. In addition, the use of food packaging, such as toxic ink, is gradually banned by eu countries such as Germany, and the ban will be gradually expanded.
Food safety tests are required to be improved
Food analogue migration is an important evaluation index of whether food contact materials meet safety and health requirements. Recently, many countries have issued new regulations to improve the migration requirements. Released by the European commission (eu) no10/2011 regulations, since January 2016, part of the food contact material migration quantity will have strict testing, such as for food storage time more than 6 months of storage tank of specific conditions of migration from the current 40 ° c / 10 days up to 60 ° c / 10 days. Australia and New Zealand are constantly updating their requirements on the amount of migration in food packaging and the level of migration of certain chemical substances.
In addition, as a member of the association of south-east Asian nations (asean) mainly Indonesia also released in January of 2015 g/SPS/n/idn/bulletin, 97 of the revised attachment 2 c food packaging regulations about the plastic food contact materials used in various food list and using conditions, and under different conditions of all kinds of plastic materials and a variety of different types of food contact with the measure of the migration of the revised. South Korea also intends to revised food utensils, containers and packaging standards g/SPS/n/kor / 481 bulletin, to adjust different products test simulation objects, and add to gather b two terephthalate (pet) acetaldehyde content testing of material requirements.
Improve the quality and safety of internal work
Ningbo regional annual export food packaging containers and packaging export food amount to billions of dollars, and fared well, foreign food packaging requirements of frequently updated, will be for food export enterprises as well as food packaging containers production enterprise in raw materials procurement, production process supervision, raw materials and finished goods quality inspection, etc, bring certain influence, will also bring certain impact of related industries. Relevant export enterprises should raise their risk response awareness and accelerate internal management transformation.
One is to improve product quality and safety awareness. Life, health, food safety is the most focus on social hot spot, enterprises should strengthen the responsibility consciousness, in attaches great importance to the inherent quality of the food at the same time, do not ignore the quality requirements of food packaging. To strictly control the source of raw materials procurement, do not use inferior material, strengthening production process control, do not violate compasses operation, to prevent food quality problems caused by the packing material structure damage, at the same time to control the follow-up packaging toxic and harmful substances in the manufacturing process of infiltration.
Second, we should closely monitor the international market dynamics. Keep a close eye on the update of technical trade barriers in export market and keep up-to-date information in time to guide product design and production. In particular, we will strengthen the study of technical regulations and standards in the eu, the United States, Japan and other tightly regulated countries and regions, and follow up on the technical regulations of emerging market players. Attach importance to foreign product quality notification information, understand the relevant latest hot spot, and gradually establish an enterprise internal warning mechanism, targeted to improve product quality.
Third, we should continuously improve the quality control capability. The research on the characteristics of the products is increased, and the packaging materials for different products are used to avoid risks. At the same time, actively participate in the latest international technical regulations and regulations and related training, improve the understanding of international regulations and improve the quality monitoring ability of enterprises. We will actively seek technical, policy consultation and support for the inspection and quarantine, industry associations and other departments, cooperate fully with the supervision of the quality and safety of the supervision department, and jointly promote food safety.
