The paper and board industry focuses on ensuring compliance with existing EU provisions and supporting the demand of the market and customers for unquestionable product safety. The paper and board manufacturing industry, as well as converting sectors including the tissue industry, have published the voluntary ‘Food Contact Guidelines for the Compliance of Paper and Board Materials and Articles’ on the 9th of April 2019. The “Industry Guidelines” are intended to enhance the trust of public authorities, business operators and consumers in the safety of paper and board materials for food contact applications. You can consult them here.
Activities
Joint industry letter on the review of the PPWD
Publication of the amendments to the Food Contact Guidelines
Cepi fact sheet: Transitioning towards a plastics free world
LCA tool for paper products
Food Contact Guidelines for the Compliance of Paper and Board Materials and Articles
PRESS RELEASE: Paper and Board industry helps demonstrate safety of its materials in food contact applications
The European paper industry welcomes the European Parliament’s call for new measures on food packaging
Systematic derivation of Correction Factors (CFs) to relate chemical migration levels from paper and board into foods
Industry Guideline for the compliance of Paper and Board Materials and Articles for Food Contact(DE)
