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Responsible for the
content:
Initiative PVC-free
Closures
c/o !Wir: Kommunikation
und
Unternehmensberatung GmbH
Frau Dagmar Schumann
Mühlenkamp 4
22303 Hamburg / Germany
tel.: +49 40 279 24 02
fax: +49 40 270 39 75
email: dagmar.schumann@wirkomm.de |
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No more migration issues
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Interactions between packaging and
foodstuffs are nothing new. In ancient times, many wealthy Romans
suffered from chronic lead poisoning because the acidic wine dissolved
the toxic heavy metal from the glazing of wine amphorae.
Packaging should not be as dangerous today
as it was, however the topic “migration” is still an on-going debate
for sealants of metal closures. So far PVC-based sealing compounds
contain phthalates or other plasticizers that are added to the
formulation to increase elasticity and workability and optimize from
nature based inherently hard and brittle materials. The downside:
These soft making additions are not included in the plastic and are
easily removed by grease or liquids. This is how they migrate from the
packaging into the filled goods. The EU identified this migration
issue at an early stage and included article three of the framework
regulation 1935 / 2004 which specifies that materials and articles in
contact with foodstuffs are not allowed to induce health hazard, any
unacceptable change in the composition of the foodstuffs and any
deterioration in the organoleptic characteristics. This directive can
only be achieved with PVC-free materials. |
PROVALIN® is a
registered trademark of ACTEGA, Bremen
BLUESEAL® is a
registered trademark of PANO, Itzehoe
PROVALIN®. The PVC-free Solution by ACTEGA
www.provalin.com
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