Quadrant launches first stock shape range compliant with EC 1935 / 2004
04 May 2011
Quadrant has launched a new family of food compliant thermoplastic stock shape products that conform to the regulation framework 2002/72/EC, 1935/2004 and 2023/2006. This new 'Food Grade' designated product family makes Quadrant the first thermoplastics stock-shape producer to be in line with all aspects of the regulation EC 1935/2004, including providing a model declaration of conformity.
The new Food Grade family addresses the latest amendments to the EU-wide regulation relating to food contact compliancy of materials including plastics. This demands a declaration of compliancy not only in terms of raw material composition, but that the various materials should present measured migration limits depending on the food stuff they will come into contact with, the duration of contact, and the temperature under which it will be used.
With the launch of the Food Grade products the formerly required food contact compliance certificates according to directive 2002/72/ EC were replaced as of April 4, 2011.
The creation of a new food compliant family is based on Quadrant’s migration limit tests and offers customers not only time savings on their application specific testing, but also the advantage of traceability along the entire value chain and control of the production process following Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). It also ensures maximum hygiene and non-contamination of food stuff that comes into contact with Quadrant’s materials.
The Quadrant Food Grade family consists of engineering plastics from several ranges including Nylatron, Acetron, Ertacetal, Ertalyte, Ketron, TIVAR, Techtron and Symalit. The new material grades will be labelled 'Food Grade' and marketed under Food Grade Nylatron, Food Grade Acetron, and so on.
These products are suitable for machined parts used in equipment for producing, processing or packaging foodstuffs, convenience goods, and beverages which are in contact with food goods. Additional food grades are being developed from Quadrant’s broad portfolio of engineering plastics in order to meet future market needs.
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