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Powerful sensor solutions for real-time inline monitoring of the contamination status are essential in order to design cleaning processes completely in line with requirements and thus significantly save production time and cleaning resources.
Second edition of the Guideline for Metals and Alloys for Food Contact published.
Selected information on food contact materials outside the scope of the relevant EU legislation; the information is for guidance only and does not claim to be up to date or complete.
Silicone is to be excluded from the Chinese standard GB 4806-11. The office has commented on the draft of GB 4806-XX-2023.
The newly launched research project investigates the resource-saving cleaning of pipelines made of food base materials in the food industry.
Question "5.1 What is the content of the declaration of compliance according to Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011?" has been updated. The changes concern information for intermediates (intermediate materials).
Experts from the European Food Safety Authority have concluded that a filler made from "chopped carbon fibers" for PEEK is safe for use in FCM.
Hygienic design is often no longer an option, but a necessity resulting from legal or market requirements. This article provides references to further information.
Für Inverkehrbringer von Lebensmittelbedarfsgegenständen gibt es dann eine Anzeigepflicht. Die Übergangsfristen enden am 31. Oktober 2024.
Small and medium-sized companies benefit from research results that they would have no or only limited access to with their own resources. The following article provides an overview of interesting projects.
Transitional periods apply to the first placing on the market.
The joint industrial research project aims to develop numerical prediction models for cleaning duration with computing times that are practicable for SMEs.
The research project aims at the development of reproducible test soils as a basis for the environmentally friendly and resource-efficient design and optimization of industrial cleaning processes.
The office has compiled a list of addresses of testing laboratories for food contact materials.
Within the framework of the BMEL-funded research project SensoRein, the development of three innovative sensor technologies was further advanced. The final reports are now available.
The European Chamber has started an update for the 2019-2020 position paper. VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery has participated in this with a submission
"List of missing substances" for elastomers/silicone submitted.
PPT-slides covering appendix I of VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Document No. 2 (2016) „Hygienic Filling Machines for Liquid and Viscous Foods – Classification and Typical Fields of Application“
What is HACCP? What does HACCP mean for mechanical engineering? The term Critical Control Point (CCP) is particularly misleading in practice. This FAQ article clarifies the terminology and gives hints for further information.
The Food Machinery and Packaging Machinery Association has published a position paper on materials and articles for contact with gases for food applications dated 4 October 2016.
The European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) is a peer community of machine and component manufacturers, professionals from the food industry and research institutes and health authorities.
The German Association of Food Processing and Packaging Machinery has published an English translation of its sample certificate for materials in contact with food and has editorially adapted the German edition. It supplements the existing documents on the subject of Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004.
The VDMA Food Processing Machinery and Packaging Machinery Association sees its position confirmed by its own migration studies.
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