Safe Food Packaging

During storage, the packaging acts as a kind of “second skin” for the food. This means that the food comes into direct contact with plastics, adhesives, inks and more. As a packaging manufacturer, you must ensure that at no time do any harmful substances pass into the food. If this were to happen, it would pose a health risk to consumers and could potentially result in additional costs and reputational damage for your company.

The extraordinarily wide variety of substances used in modern food packaging today makes it even harder for a manufacturer to ensure that they are safe. No matter how carefully you select raw materials, components, and production processes: It takes a lot of effort to keep track of changes to substances or materials along the complex international supply chains.

Another challenge is the vast and constantly changing regulatory landscape. For many materials, there are country-specific requirements that are continuously updated to reflect current scientific developments. The required content of a Declaration of Conformity (DoC) is also subject to change. Only very few manufacturers can afford to keep up to date with these requirements on their own.

With our chemical testing and our DoC Management Services, we will gladly take these worries off your plate.

In addition to the technically required and approved substances, food contact materials and products can also contain non-intentionally added substances (NIAS). Under certain circumstances, those can migrate into food. The chemical synthesis of raw materials on the positive list (Annex I and II of EU Regulation No. 10/2011) alone can result in impurities in these chemicals. NIAS can also appear at any stage of the value chain, e.g. during production or recycling, but also during transport and storage. They can be any type of substances – including those that are potentially hazardous to consumers.

No matter at what stage of the supply chain NIAS enter a product or are formed – as a manufacturer or distributor, you are responsible for ensuring that your products are not harmful to health.

NIAS testing is particularly recommended when

• introducing new products
• implementing new production methods
• changing a supplier
• using modified packaging
• entering new markets

We have bundled the NIAS services we provide in attractive test packages. This way, you get exactly the services you need – and at very fair prices.

Secure a NIAS test by our experts – starting at just 350 euros!

Whether required by law or by your business partners, you often need a Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for materials and items that are intended to come into contact with food. With your DoC, you verify that all components and production steps comply with the relevant legal requirements, and you therefore ensure the safety of your products.

Preparing a correct DoC for FCM can be very complex. A major challenge is that as a manufacturer or distributor, you not only have to provide verification for your own production steps, but also for the contributions of your suppliers, who may be located all around the world.

With the DoC, you provide verification to the next user of a specific FCM in the supply chain that you comply with the applicable regulations. You are required to supply the relevant information to enable the next user to produce a safe and compliant FCM. Documentation at every stage of the supply chain is a prerequisite for a realistic assessment of the final product.

We support you with this complex task. With our professional DoC management, we ensure that your DoC meets all requirements. Depending on your needs, you may choose the following services as individual services or in combination as a package:

• Request for information from suppliers
• Document review and theoretical calculation
• Laboratory tests
• DoC service/preparation of a DoC template according to current specifications

You can request our DoC Management Services either individually or in attractive packages at fair prices. We conduct a professional review of one DoC for as little as 180 euros, and you benefit from a package price of 350 euros for five documents. Contact us for a DoC review by our experts!