Food-compliant plas�cs

Food Grade Products from Centroplast

Plas�cs in Contact with Food

There is a wide variety of reasons, why food comes into

contact with certain materials. These reasons are

generally of the func�onal kind. Many foodstuffs already

come into contact with special machines or cookware

during the course of their produc�on or prepara�on.

What happens when substances from the plas�c are

passed on to the food?

The cons�tu�on of plas�cs, that are intended to come

into contact with foodstuff, should preferably not

migrate any substances to the food. Should this never-

theless occur, then only very marginal quan��es may

migrate,

♦ that do not endanger human health

♦ that lead to no unwarranted change in the

composi�on of the food

♦ that do not cause any deteriora�on of the

odour and flavour of the food

in accordance with Ar�cle 3 of the EU Regula�on

1935/2004.

There is no special approval procedure for materials that

come into contact with food. However, there are

aforemen�oned requirements of the EU-Regula�on

1935/2004, which all plas�cs and their components

have to fulfill, if they are to be used in contact with food.

The European framework regula�on 1935/2004 on

materials and components intended to come into

contact with food, is effec�ve since 27th October 2006.

Please note: The specific measure Ar�cle 5 Para. 1 of

EU-Regula�on 10/2011 is to be crystallised from the

EU-Regula�on 1935/2004.

On 14th January 2011, the European Commission

adopted this new Regula�on 10/2011 on plas�c

materials and ar�cles intended to come into contact

with food. Rubber, silicones and ion-exchange resins do

not fall under the area of applica�on of this regula�on,

which entered into force on 4th February 2011 and be-

came effec�ve from 1st May 2011. The Commission

Regula�on (EU) No. 10/2011 repeals the Commission

Direc�ve 2002/72/EC.

This new regula�on will result in some changes rela�ng

to legal requirements for materials and ar�cles made of

plas�c that come into contact with food. The European

Commission established transi�onal provisions for the

period of �me from 1st May 2011 un�l 31st December

2015, so that the manufacturers have �me to change

their procedures in order to meet with the requirements

of this new regula�on.

EU-Regula�on 1935/2004

In plain language:

Documenta�on

The EU 1935/2004 can been seen as a standard for

uncoloured as well as for most coloured Centroplast

plas�c materials, based upon available declara�ons of

compliances of the raw material manufacturers.

These declara�ons of compliance state the migra�ons

values in accordance with the specific measure Ar�cle 5

of EU No. 10/2011.

Our semi-finished plas�cs labeled “Food Grade” are now

addi�onally tested for adhering to the raw-material

migra�on values and are documented by the corre-

sponding declara�on of compliance. Content is the assay

of compliance with the requirements of the Consumer

Goods Ordinance and the Regula�on (EU) No. 10/2011.

The declara�on of compliance allows the respec�ve

distributor of the tested semi-finished plas�c to permit

his manufactured plas�c component to come into

contact with food.

Good Manufacturing Prac�ce (GMP)

The manufacturing of materials and ar�cles that are

intended to come into contact with food is defined

Measures undertaken by Centroplast

by the Regula�on (2023/2006) on Good Manufacturing

Prac�ce.

The essen�al requirements of this Regula�on 2023/2006

are:

- Quality assurance system

- Quality control system

- Documenta�on

The produc�on of our products is subject to this

requirements.

Labelling

Owing to compulsory labelling, as

described in Ar�cle 15 of the EU-Regula�on

1935/2004, our products are labelled with

the “glass-and-fork” s�cker.

Traceability

We have integrated the procedures and systems into our

business processes based on DIN EN ISO 9001:2008, in

order to ensure the traceability of the “Food Grade

Material” in accordance with Ar�cle 17.

Designa�on

Colour

POM C FG

CENTRODAL C FG natural

CENTRODAL C FG blue RAL 5002

CENTRODAL C FG blue RAL 5017

PET FG

CENTROLYTE FG natural

PA 6 E FG

CENTROMID 6 FG natural

PA 6.6 FG

CENTROMID 6.6 FG natural

Dimension

Delivery program of food-compliant plas�cs

Centroplast

Engineering Plas�cs GmbH

Unterm Ohmberg 1

D-34431 Marsberg

Tel. +49 (0) 2992 9704-700

Fax +49 (0) 2992 9704-30

applica�ontechnology@centroplast.de

www.centroplast.com