Regulations for plastics in contact with food and water

Plastics' versatility, adaptability, ease of processing and technological advantages have made them particularly sought-after in sectors such as food packaging, natural mineral water packaging and drinking water distribution.

In order to better understand the choices made to protect human health, we thought it would be useful to set out here the regulatory bases, the procedures used to draw up the regulations, their current status and prospects in the areas of application just mentioned.