Global legislation for food packaging materials

Providing a global overview of legislation in all major countries, this volume contains the information vital for manufactures of food contact materials and food producers, facilitating a comparison of the requirements and making mutual requirements easier to identify. It covers not only plastics bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rijk, Rinus (Author), Veraart, Rob (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH Verlag , c2010
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. EU legislation
  • 2. Petitioning requirements and safety assessment in Europe
  • 3. Council of Europe resolutions
  • 4. National legislation in Germany
  • 5. The French regulation on food contact materials
  • 6. Dutch legislation on food contact materials
  • 7. National legislation in Italy
  • 8. Switzerland
  • 9. Legislation on food contact materials in the Scandinavian countries and Finland
  • 10. Code of practice for coatings in direct contact with food
  • 11. Estimating risks by migrants from food contact materials
  • 12. Compliance testing, declaration of compliance, and supporting documentation in the EU
  • 13. Food packaging law in the United States
  • 14. Food packaging law in Canada : draft
  • 15. Food packaging legislation in South and Central America
  • 16. Israel's legislation for food contact materials : set for the global markets
  • 17. Rules on food contact materials and articles in Japan
  • 18. China food contact chemical legislation summary
  • 19. Principal issues in global food contact : Indian perspective
  • 20. Southeast Asia food contact
  • 21. Legislation on food contact materials in the Republic of Korea
  • 22. Australia and New Zealand