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Europe New Ink Package Bill for Anti Food Pollution

 

The topic of the ink printed onto food package might pollute food now warmly cared by EU countries. In the meanwhile, people predits that this might lead to more bills comes out for strict restriction on food package.

Nowadays, EU memebers begin to issue different rules toward food pakcage. Germany already issued the second draft toward the food package ink, this rule is made basing on Switzerland's reference rules, but have some new amendment. Belguim and other north Europe countries is considering to issue rules as well. Besides, Germany food, agriculture and consumption protection deparment also issues reference rules. Poison chemical material like cancer, mutagenesis or CMR substracte is not allowed. While Switzerland also mentions  nanophase mateiral also should be prohibited inside ink and food package.

However, most EU countries raise questions toward Switzerland's rules for its effective and industry automaticity. They appeals to reference package printing ink rules should be set up basing on EU, not one certain country.

 

Eidt by Vikas

Print Series Team

20 March, 2012

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