Packaging Materials & New Global Standards
COURSE OVERVIEW
The demand of packaging materials is growing through worldwide due to population, urbanization, environmental aspect, risk of food contamination and consumer protection. To meet this increasing consumer demands, changing retails environment, increasing concerns on food safety and market polarization, world economy made it natural for companies to move towards new markets around the world and acting in the global arena also strive for cost reductions, through scale economies in marketing, production, cost effective transport, distribution, storage, retailing, consumption and recovery with maximizing consumer value, sales and hence profit by developing product as per global standards. This one day workshop will address various topics with presentation, exercises, and discussion and at the end participants will leave the class with strong understanding of packaging materials USFDA , EU, GCC and HALAL standards and be able to implement upon return to their product manufacturing, processing, retailing and distribution facility.
TRAINING CONTENTS;
European standards
- The European Framework Regulation for all food contact materials (EU) No. 1935/2004
- The Plastic Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011
- The GMP Regulation (EU) No 2023/2006
- Regulation on printing inks
- Strategies to comply with the legal obligations
US-FDA standards
- The codes of federal regulation 21 CFR
- No migration principle
- GRAS substances
- The FCN system
- Functional barrier doctrine
GCC Standard
- Labelling of prepackaged food stuffs
- Packaging materials, metal, glass, paper etc. requirements.
- Plastics regulations, FCNs system and standards.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Plant Manager
- Quality Supervisor | Manager
- QHSE Supervisor | Manager
- Packaging Technologist | Supervisor
- Research & Development Manager
- NPD Supervisor | Manager
- Aseptic Packaging specialist
- Food technologist and scientists
- Product sales & Marketing Manager
- Prepress supervisor | Manager
- Printing Supervisor | Manager
- Ink mixing Chemist | Manager
- Export Manager
- Customer Service Representatives
- Packaging researchers & students
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Identify packaging materials hazards, hygiene risk, non-conformities categories by assuring packaging material, product quality and safety.
- Conduct risk analysis, traceability, product improvements, reducing risk hazards, material waste, product quality and safety complaints.
- Improve supply chain through a cycle of continuous improvement from supplier to distributors and retailers.
- Gain more confidence and satisfaction of customers and end consumer by ensuring product quality and safety accomplished with global standards.
- Ensure safe food and protect consumer interests by manufacturing packaging materials compliance with global standards.
- Integrate of the lean manufacturing approach with the quality management system of the global standards for packaging materials.
- Revitalize national as well as global market by standardization of packaging materials with global standards and regulations.