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Paper and board food contact packaging material — 
Specification 
 
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and board food contact packaging material — Specification , and is being proposed for adoption as a Uganda 
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During the preparation of this Standard, reference was made to the following document: 
IS 3263 , Specification for waxed paper for confectionery. 
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 Paper and board food contact packaging material — Specification 
1 Scope 
This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for paper and 
board food contact packaging material. 
2 Normative references 
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes 
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. 
ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-drying method  
ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  
ISO 13302, Sensory analysis — Methods for assessing modifications to the flavour of foodstuffs due to 
packaging  
ISO 8784- 1, Pulp, paper and board — Microbiological examination — Part 1: Total count of bacteria, yeast, 
mould based on disintegration  
ISO 13914, Soil quality — Determination of dioxins and furans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls by 
gas chromatography with high-resolution mass selective detection (GC/HRMS) 
EAS 880, Waxed paper for packaging of confectionery — Specification  
DEAS 933, Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs — Determination of formaldehyde 
in an aqueous extract  (Under development as CD/K/12: 2018)  
3 Terms and definitions 
For the purposes of this standard, the following term and definition apply  
food contact material 
all kinds of paper and board materials and their products expected to contact with food, including waxed 
paper, pulp moulding products and food processing and cooking paper. 
3 Requirements 
3.1 General requirements 
3.1.1  The material shall be: 
a) manufactured from virgin, blended or recycled pulp; 
b) machine glazed; and 
c) not harmful to human health. PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFTDEAS 930: 2018 
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 3.1.2  The prints shall not bleed if the material is supplied when heat sealed and printed. Printed surfaces of 
the paper shall not come into contact with the food.  
3.2 Specific requirements 
3.2.1  Physical, chemical and heavy metal contaminants requirements  
3.2.1.1 Limits of contaminants 
When tested in accordance with the methods specified in Table 1, the Paper and board food contact 
Packaging material shall comply with the limits of heavy metal and organic contaminants specified therein. 
Table 1 — Limits of heavy metal and organic pollutants for paper and board food contact packaging 
material 
S/N Contaminant  Paper and 
board 
intended to 
come in 
contact with 
food  
(mg/kg  of 
paper/board)  Paper for 
filtration  
(mg/kg of 
paper /board ) Test method  
i) Cadmium (Cd2+), 
max.  0.5 0.5 
EAS 880  ii) Chromium Cr6+, 
max.  0.05 0.05 
iii) Lead (Pb2+), max.  3.0 3.0 
iv) Mercury  (Hg2+), 
max.  0.3 0.3 
v) Pentachlorophenol 
(PCP),  max.  0.05 0.05 
vi) Polychlorinated 
biphenyl , max.  2.0 0.5 
vii) Formaldehyde  not detected  CD/K/12  
viii) Dioxins  not detected  ISO 13914  
 
3.2.1.2 Assessment of the inherent odour of the packaging material 
When tested in accordance to ISO 13302, the paper and board food contact packaging material shall be free 
from objectionable odour. 
3.2.1 .3 Grammage of the paper 
When tested in accordance with ISO 536 the grammage of the paper used shall be as agreed to between the 
purchaser and the supplier. A tolerance of ± 5 % shall be applicable on the nominal substance.  
3.4 Dimensions 
3.4.1  Paper and board food contact packaging material shall be packaged in sheet form or rolls. 
3.4.2 The dimensions of the sheet shall be as specified in the marking, subject to a tolerance of ± 0.5 % or 
3 mm whichever less is. 
3.4.3 If supplied in reels and tested in accordance to Annex A, the width and diameter of the reel shall be as 
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 3.5 Microbiological requirements 
Paper and board food contact packaging material shall comply with microbiological requirements given in 
Table 2. 
Table 2 — Microbiological limits for paper and board food contact packaging material 
S/N Characteristic  Limit  Test method  
i.  Total plate count,  cfu/g,  max.  300 
ISO 8784 -1 ii.  Pseudomonas aeruginosa , cfu/g  Not detected in 1 g 
of the product  iii.  Staphylococcus aureus , cfu/g  
iv.  Candida albicans , cfu/g  
v.  Escherichia coli , cfu/g  
 
4 Packaging 
Paper and board food contact Packaging material shall be packed in suitable materials that prevents it from 
contamination and damage during normal handling, storage and transportation. 
5 Labelling 
5.1 Paper and board food contact packaging material shall be legibly and indelibly labelled with batch 
number /code or trade mark 
5.2 Labelling on the bulk packaging for paper and board food contact packaging material, the following 
information shall be legibly and indelibly labelled on bulk: 
a) manufactures/suppliers name or trade mark or both; 
b) words, “made from virgin pulp, blended and recycled”;  
c) month and year of manufacture; 
d) the grammage of the sheet of paper; 
e) dimension of the sheet of  paper; and 
f) country of origin/manufacture. PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFTDEAS 930: 2018 
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 Annex A 
 
(normative) 
Measurement of dimensions 
A.1 Measure to the nearest 0.5 mm, the width, (parallel to the cross direction of the paper) of each five test 
specimen taken across full width of five separate rolls and record the average of the results. 
A.2 Measure to the nearest 1 mm, the diameter of each of the five rolls and record the results. Check for 
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