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    Food packaging printing ink testing regulations

    • Last Update: 2020-11-16
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     In recent years, food packaging materials with printing ink caused by food safety quality problems continue to occur. In 2005, Nestle liquid
    -state baby milk was recalled due to printing ink contamination, Germany in 2011 because of the product packaging ink in the xybenzene exceeded the standard
    and recalled hundreds of boxes of frozen noodles, recently Anhui Province, Anqing City, Lefford Paper Plastics Co
    ., Ltd. recalled 1.44 million disposable paper cups contaminated with ink. Ink is an important part of food packaging printing, its own harmful substances will be with the change of environmental time
    to food, will cause food pollution
    China
    . In addition, contaminants can also be transmitted by gas phase, and the
    surface of the package material and non-printed surface contact into the internal food. Long-term consumption of these contaminated foods will cause serious harm to
    health of consumers.
    ink for human health hazards are mainly reflected in solvent residues, ultraviolet curing inks in the light triggers and heavy metals, many
    ring aromatic hydrocarbons and other substances, countries for the use of such toxic and harmful substances and limits have issued relevant laws and regulations.
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    ink solvent residue detection standards
    national standard "GB9685-2008 food containers, packaging materials with additives using hygiene standards" clearly stipulates that food packaging materials in the production of benzene and toluene and other solvents, that is, packaging printing materials can not detect benzene solvent residues.
    industry standard "QB/T2929-2008 solvent-based ink solvent residue limit and its determination method" provides that: solvent residue in solvent-based inks does not exceed 10mg/m
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    , benzene and xylene residues do not exceed 3mg/m
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    The EU also has clear limits on benzene solvents: in addition to benzene, other limited indicators appear in the Interim List of Possible Monosumes and Additives in Food Contact Plastic Packaging Materials (2005), where the toluene SML (specific migration) in food is 20mg /m
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    ; ethyl benzene has an SML of 10mg/m2; xylene SML is 20mg/m
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    ; and benzene is not detected in packaging materials due to a risk assessment that indicates it is a strong carcinogen.
    the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifies adhesives and inks for food and drug packaging, which are prohibited as long as they are chemicals not mentioned in the regulations. Benzene solvents are highly toxic and are listed as carcinogenic chemicals by the FDA.
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    Heavy Metal Content Testing Standards
    The European Packaging Directive 2005/20/EC Regulation is a revised version of 94-62-EC, which strictly limits the amount of heavy metals in packaged products, including lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, the sum of four heavy metals must not exceed 100ppm.
    China Light Industry Federation proposed two industry standards on the safety requirements of printing inks, in QB/T 2930.1-2008 "Ink Heavy Metal Limits and Their Measurement Methods Part I: "Soluble" Heavy Metals" provides for soluble elements in inks (tbsium, arsenic, vanadium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium) Maximum limit requirements, sample preparation and determination methods, in QB/T 2930.2-2008 "Ink heavy metal limit and its measurement method part II: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium" specified the ink lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium limit requirements, the total content should be less than 100mg/kg.
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    lightener detection standard
    Most light triggers are small molecular substances of aromatic hydrocarbons that may migrate from ink to food. Light triggers are widely used in polyolefin inks, commonly used in xybenzene (BP) and its derivatives 4-methyl-xylene (MBP) and so on. Toxicology experiments have shown that BP and MBP are toxic and carcinogenic in skin contact. Many countries, such as the European Union, provide for a total migration of xylene and MBP in food packaging printing inks of less than 0.6mg/kg. The relevant national regulations on trigger restrictions are as follows:
    Swiss regulations: RS817.023.21 V2016, Appendix 6 of the Decree, Part V, sets out 96 substances that permit the use of photoinstrogen substances in printed inks and sets out their specific migration limit (SML) requirements.
    nestle Guidance Note on Packaging Inks, based on Swiss Regulation 817.023.21 V2016, has established a set of food packaging inks, Nestle Guidance Note on Packaging Inks, which limit light triggers.
    The European Union Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) has issued the Low Migration UV Light Trigger Licensing List for light triggers in printing inks, and has accordingly set migration limits (SML) requirements for various low-migration light triggers.
    the European Commission's Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) has set a specific migration limit of 0.6mg/kg for xybenzene in printed inks used in food contact materials.
    China's food and related national standards and industry standards implemented in 2013, there are three requirements for the detection of light triggers in food packaging materials, namely SN/T 3388-2012 "Food contact materials polymer materials food simulation liquid xylene and 4-plus-emergency xylene" high-efficiency liquid chromatography method, SN/T 3550-2013 Food Contact material paper, recycled fiber material 4,4'-double (methamphetamine) xylenone and 4,4'-double (biethyl amino), SN/T 3551-2013 Food contact material paper, recycled fiber material xylene and 4-methamphetamine assay gas chromatography-mass spectrometrometamine, but there is no legal level of light-trigger limiting requirements.
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    plasticizer testing standard
    inks are more widely used in phthalates (2-ethylhetamine) esters (DEHP), phthalates (DBP), phthalates (DOPs), are phthalates, where DEP and DEHP are isoids.standard GB9685-2008 "Health Standards for the Use of Additives in Food Containers and Packaging Materials" for varieties, ranges and specific migration or residues, shall not be exposed to fatty foods and infant food, food and additives phthalates (α-- The maximum residuals of ethyl lipids (DEHP), phthalates (DINP) and phthalates (DBP) are 1.5 mg/kg, 9.0mg/kg and 0.3mg/kg.
    2011/10/EC of the European Union Plastic Food Contact Materials Regulation, the limits of DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, Phthalates DAP and Specific Migration Limits (SML) are described.
    6 classes of phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, DNOP) are specified in Appendix 17 of the EU REACH Regulations for children's toys or child care products.
    CPSC of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a guidance document requiring that, as of February 10, 2009, the content of 6 classes of phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, DNOP) in children's toys or child care products should not exceed 0.1%. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 2008 H.R. 4040 (CPSIA), enacted in 2008, also prohibits the export of children's products with excessive phthalates content.
    California Proposition 65 (Mandatory Act on Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Substances) contains no more than 0.1% per toy used under 6 years of age and phthalates INDEHP, BBP, DBP, DIDP, DNHP in toys used under 6 years of age and care products for children under 3 years of age.
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    Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Testing Standard Multicyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PHAs)
    is a volatile hydrocarbon produced when organic matter such as coal, oil, wood, tobacco, organic polymer compounds are not fully burned and can be used as additives for printing inks. EU REACH regulations manage the limit requirements for eight of these PAHs, while Germany's Geprufte Sicherheit (GS, Safety Certified) rules have raised the number of PAHs to 18.
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