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Are PHOENIX™ TPEs safe for food contact products?
More and more food contact products use TPEs. Therefore, the focus of food safety is more.
FDA and EFSA are most referred authority for food safety regulation and most of people would request their products to meet those standards.
So, are PHOENIX™ TPEs safe for food contact?
Well, the answer is “IT DEPENDS”.
So many different kinds of food and food packaging products are around us. Food contact time, temperature and conditions may vary as well. Hence no matter FDA or EFSA does provide a system to coordinate different type of foods, contact time and temperature, which utilizes different type of food simulants to test the hazardous substance migration at varied contact time and temperature. Usually foreseeable most stringent using conditions would be considered when choosing test conditions.
Phon Tech could provide FDA CRF 21 177.1210 (conditions vary) certificate, as well as 177.2600 (distilled water) certificate for Phoenix TPEs. For more details, please contact our sales representative.
FDA and EFSA are most referred authority for food safety regulation and most of people would request their products to meet those standards.
So, are PHOENIX™ TPEs safe for food contact?
Well, the answer is “IT DEPENDS”.
So many different kinds of food and food packaging products are around us. Food contact time, temperature and conditions may vary as well. Hence no matter FDA or EFSA does provide a system to coordinate different type of foods, contact time and temperature, which utilizes different type of food simulants to test the hazardous substance migration at varied contact time and temperature. Usually foreseeable most stringent using conditions would be considered when choosing test conditions.
Phon Tech could provide FDA CRF 21 177.1210 (conditions vary) certificate, as well as 177.2600 (distilled water) certificate for Phoenix TPEs. For more details, please contact our sales representative.