Global Compliance to Printing Inks & Packaging Materials
COURSE OVERVIEW
Compliance to new global regulations for printing inks and packaging materials is one of the top concerns for food processors, packaging materials manufacturers, printing ink suppliers, importers, exporters and buyers throughout the entire supply chain in the national and new markets around the world due to increasing consumer demands, changing retails environment, increasing concerns on food safety and market polarization. This one day workshop will address various topics on new global regulations on printing inks and packaging materials with presentation, exercises, case studies and discussion and at the end participants will leave the class with strong understanding of printing inks and packaging materials US-FDA, EU, EUPIA, Swiss and German 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
- EuPIA guidlines 2021 and EU- 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
German Regulations
- Consumer Goods Ordinance 2021/2026
- Positive list of substances, CLP regulations
- NIAS, NLS, PAA substances
- Specific migration limits, group limts and restrictions.
Switzerland Ordinance 2021
- Type of food contact materials
- Positive list of substances, binders, additives, solvents, photoinitiators and colorants
- Evaluated and Non-Evaluated , CMRs substances
- German vs Swiss provision on printing inks
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 printing inks and 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 convertors, distributors and retailers to consumers.
- 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 product's compliances to national as well as global market by standardization of packaging materials with global standards and regulations.