How to Define the Concept of Food Grade TPE Materials
Source：德创化工Time：2020-05-30Hits：2028
With the development of society, human beings' requirements for quality of life! More and more users are consulting food-grade TPE related issues, which may be that the processed products will come into contact with food and have relatively high non-toxic and safe performance to TPE. However, from the perspective of TPE manufacturers, food-grade TPE is only a general concept. When we consult what testing standards need to be passed, the customers are not clear. Or after we quoted the price, the customer replied, why is it so expensive? So, what do you know about food grade TPE? Next, Dechuang Xiaobian will talk to you about what food-grade TPE is. I what are the standards for food grade TPE? Different countries have different testing standards for food contact materials. China is the testing standard for relevant categories under GB standards. The European Union's universal standard is EC/1935/2004 standard EN1186, but within the European Union, different countries also have differences, such as Germany is LFGB and France is French DGCC RF 2004-64. In addition, the United States is FDA(21CFR.177.2600). Second, what is the use of food-grade TPE standards in different countries? For example, Germany's LFGB food grade and EU/10/2011 food grade testing are cited by Dechuang Xiaobian. For example, if you want to sell your plastic products to Germany, you must pass the LFGB food-grade test in Germany. You can sell your plastic products in Germany if you print the logo of the wine cup and fork on the plastic products. For example, if your plastic products are to be sold to the EU, then your raw materials need to pass the EU/10/2011 food level test and issue the EU/10/2011 food level test report before being sold to the EU. 3. Do you need food grade TPE for your products? For example, some cup mat products, folding dish washing baskets, chopping boards, baby tubs, etc., because TPE materials do not directly contact with food (oily or hot food or beverage), or TPE materials only contact with non-oily or non-hot food or beverage, small molecular residues in TPE will not dissolve into such food, there is no potential food safety concern. For this kind of food grade TPE, the TPE tested by distilled water meets its requirements. If you want cheap food grade TPE materials, you can actually choose regular TPE. For materials that come into contact with oily or hot foods or beverages, the food grade standards are very strict, and appropriate organic solvents need to be used for testing, such as the n-hexane test of FDA in the United States, the olive oil test of LFGB in Germany, the n-heptane test of Japanese standards, etc. In order to attract customers' attention, many TPE manufacturers claim that their TPE can pass FDA177.2600 n-hexane residue test and can provide reports. Users need to carefully verify. TPE raw materials that need to pass such tests must be imported base materials of high quality, and only those with hardness above 70A can pass. Such food-grade TPE is relatively expensive, and manufacturers' food-grade TPE can pass relevant tests.
