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Human health and living food packaging security barrier

June 8, 2009, "The People's Republic of China Food Safety Law" went into effect, it is worth, food packaging has been incorporated into the context of food safety, and this is the first time the safety of food packaging a legal form. Although China has already established health standards relating to food packaging, food packaging safety issues, but has not yet been aroused widespread concern in society. In recent years, with consumer safety awareness and the strengthening of state control, food packaging was gradually increased to the same height and food safety. At the same time, food packaging, health certification and inspection, many enterprises have also become open to international markets, "Golden Key."

QS compulsory market access system

"Food safety law" as the legal framework to build effective food safety in China since the barrier, and some of its targeted instruction after the specified direction. "QS" (Quality safety) quality and safety, the Q from the blue and white sign of S formed by the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the development of food quality and safety market access system passes only through the inspection of products can be QS market access signs to play in the packaging. To enhance the safety of food packaging, the State Administration of Quality Supervision In 2006 QS will be extended to the use of plastic food packaging, containers, tools and other products. Thus, the current QS is not just for the food itself, but also for food packaging. It is equivalent to the EU's Cup fork mark, Germany's knife and fork symbol to prove that the product has been the quality of health regulatory authorities and national quality standards, after regulatory review, to ensure the health of consumers.

However, comparison, China's food packaging materials packaging manufacturer Quedui understanding of the safety of their own fuzzy, taken seriously, weak legal consciousness. For example, the current production of melamine tableware manufacturers in China have more than 1000, but it can get the QS of less than 100. At the same time, Gansu potato chips bags and children's events such as poison bottle incident caused by the food packaging safety problems continue to stimulate the nerve vulnerable consumers. Therefore, improving the safety of the whole society awareness of food packaging, food packaging materials to strengthen the inspection and testing and monitoring, to strengthen industry self-regulation of food packaging business imperative.

Packaging materials may cause harm

So how food packaging materials on human health hazards for? Contact with the food process, packaging materials in the hazardous substances will increase with contact time and gradually migrate to foods, as in the consumption of foods with harmful substances enter the body will be accompanied by food, thus affecting the health of users .

Food packaging materials from damage caused by the contact angle can be divided into direct contact and indirect contact, also can be divided into frequent contact and casual contact. Such as kitchen countertops and food operations will occur by chance; paper bag packed food into heat, and wall insulation packages indirect contact occurs. These forms of contact are likely to provide opportunities for the migration of harmful substances.

From the perspective of production and processing, food packaging and harmful can be divided into two aspects. First, the material itself harm. Most packaging materials are chemical products, the material itself, there are hidden dangers. For example, cracking, high temperature plastic monomers, heavy metals and other metal materials are likely to shift through the packaging to the food to go.

Second, the production process, the harm caused by the illegal additives. For example, bright colors in order to make children's tableware while reducing costs, some unscrupulous traders will use industrial-grade masterbatch color of the products, as industrial-grade masterbatch, there are many harmful substances, such as aromatic amines, heavy metals, if the intake body will result in serious consequences.
Then the comparison of domestic and foreign, the current status of food packaging do?

Consumer awareness, domestic consumers pay more attention to food itself, focusing shelf life, such as food labeling, food packaging, lack of understanding of security. The foreign consumer safety conscious, they will consciously purchase with food safety labeling of food packaging products, and strictly in accordance with the warnings on the packaging products for use; when there are problems found in food packaging, consumers will usually take the initiative to contact the manufacturer or local regulatory authorities for questioning, questioning and even complaints, even using legal means to protect their own interests.

From the view of government regulation, the EU as early as 50 years in the last century on the establishment of a food packaging material safety regulations, while carrying out impact packaging for food research and development since the EU has established a relatively complete legal system for food packaging materials, for food packaging and more stringent supervision.

Therefore, it is necessary to learn the advanced food packaging concept and management experience. Such as baby bottles Bisphenol-A is the existence of polycarbonate (PC) bottle production process may have a harmful substance, it can cause prostate cancer, breast cancer, heart disease and other hazards. Although our country has restrictions on the content of bisphenol A, but the foreign country more than the standards set strict limits lower. For foreign manufacturers of quality management and safety management will combine the raw materials, auxiliary materials, supplier qualification, manufacturing process, process parameters and product control has a set of strict requirements.

In addition, with the development of society, people are also concerned about the quality and safety from a slow to focus on low-carbon environment, the wave of the global promotion of low carbon, low-carbon of the food packaging is imperative. April 1 this year, China implemented a "restricted product over packaging requirements", combined with China's national conditions, the porosity for the food and cosmetics, packaging layers, the cost of the three angles mandatory norms. This is the area of food packaging in a big step, but to make food packaging in the protection of human security, real first line of defense, there are still a large gap.

Domestic consumers should pay attention to where and how to identify qualified food packaging?

Experience, domestic consumers in the food packaging Misunderstanding and poor often use habits. For example, the habit of food wrapped in newspaper, makes newspaper ink transferred to the lead and food to enter the body. But if the barrier between the functional layer than Fang Panzi or plastic bags, then the harmful substances will not be easily transferred to the food went. That mineral water bottles, many people have the habit of repeated use, in fact, poured hot water are used repeatedly or prone to hazardous substances.

Moreover, even the usually served in plastic boxes in the heating of food should not be repeated, because as the temperature increases, molecular motion increase, migration pace, harmful substances also increase risk of metastasis. Similarly, milk bags placed in boiling water, although you can successfully heat the milk, but the plastic packaging is also easy to take advantage of the harmful substances into the milk. In addition, green packaging initiative, disposable foam lunch box has gradually disappeared in the outlook of people, but there are still some businesses insist, oily food, if long contact time with the boxes, some brighteners, fillers, calcium carbonate components are released into the food, detrimental to the human body. Refuse disposable foam lunch boxes, it is also to protect our own health.

As a consumer, should also know how to use basic common sense, to identify the safety of food packaging, can use the "character" rule to be completed in everyday life:

First, look. Purchasing products see whether a product has a QS mark, manufacturer information, and packaging of cleanliness and so on.

2, pinch. In general, qualified food packaging surface is smooth, no burrs, and can be "engaged" to judge the quality and intensity of food packaging.

3, Wen. If consumers find products in the smell, that the smell may have come from the packaging itself, some organic volatile substances that can transfer to food packaging, the harm to human.

Fourth, try. In the course of using the product, you can "try" to identify whether it contains food odor, and this odor is likely to come from food packaging. In other countries, how to identify a set of standard packaging safety regulations, from the smell, taste and a series of processes or not qualified to judge packaging. Many consumers are to rate as a judge, after the data statistics, the final conclusion.

In recent years, more and more international standard concepts are also introduced to China, but the current national standard in the food packaging safety indicators to identify only an appearance, provided no detailed, and subjectivity. Nevertheless, I believe with the government, regulators, related to consciousness, in the near future, more extensive evaluation will complement the existing provisions of the standard, the "engaged", "see", "smell" the establishment of the norms of the standard operating , the better the quality of the entire packaging material.