3. Paperboard and food contact
Paper-cardboard and the packaging made from it are used in food packaging (around 55%), but packaging in direct contact with food accounts for a very limited share (just over 10%) of applications
in the case of peeled and shelled foods, there is no real contact with the food being eaten.
The vast majority of paper-cardboard packaging used in the food industry is made up of secondary packaging, which groups together packages that are themselves sales units for consumers, and, above all, tertiary packaging (grouping packaging) intended for transport and logistical use.
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Conclusion
Economic data
Paper-cardboard is the leading packaging material in France and worldwide.
The sector is organized around three main product families:
flexible" packaging paper;
flat or compact cardboards;
corrugated paper, the basic component of corrugated board.
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References
Regulations and standards
European texts
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Regulation 1935/2004 of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (OJEU of 13 November 2004.
This text lays down the general principles governing materials intended to come into contact with foodstuffs in Europe. It is important to note that...
Standardization
Association française de normalisation AFNOR
Paper and cardboard
- Paper and cardboard – European list of standard grades of recovered paper and cardboard - NF EN 643 - avril 2002
- Paper and cardboard intended to come into contact with foodstuffs – Preparation of a cold aqueous extract - NF EN...
Organizations
DGCCRF – Direction Générale de la Consommation, de la Concurrence et de la Repression des Fraudes (General Directorate for Consumer Affairs, Competition and Fraud Control) http://www.finances.gouv.fr/dgccrf/
Club MCAS Association – Materials for Food Contact and Health (paper-cardboard industry) Mail :...
Example of a declaration of conformity
A model proposed by ANIA/CLIFE is shown in the box.
Attached to the declaration of conformity is a list of regulations and other reference texts concerning :
paper and cardboard ;
coated paper and cardboard ;
plastics ;
ceramics...
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