Migration from food packaging inks Issues & some solutions

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Legislation – Plastics• Plastics Directive 2002/72/EC• only applies to materials made exclusively ofplastics• lists do not include substances only used in themanufacture of packaging inks• Regenerated Cellulose Film Directive 2007/42/EC• Printed surfaces must not contact the foodstuffs• No specific legislation for packaging inks4
Legislation – What about GMP ?• 2023/2006/EC elaborates GMP requirements for1935/2004 (Food Contact Materials)• Responsibility to observe GMP in the supply chain• Separate Annex mentions printing inks:•“Processes involving the application of printing inksto the non-food contact side of a material or article”• Legal opinion – concerns the applicationprocesses, i.e. formulated (= press side mixing/adhesive interactions), applied (= printing), handledand stored to avoid set-off and through migration• Not a specific obligation on ink manufacturers5
Page 6 and 7: Legislation - Relevance of 1935/200
Page 8 and 9: Process - 1InkSubstrateFountPrintin
Page 11 and 12: Variables influencing migration fro
Page 13 and 14: Variables - Unexpected contaminatio
Page 15 and 16: Low Migration Printing - Best Pract
Page 17 and 18: Effect of Molecular WeightExtractab
Page 19 and 20: PIJITF activities - Flexible packag
Page 21 and 22: Ongoing issues• Petroleum distill
Page 23: Conclusions• Need greater respons

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