home page Company Sectors of use Products News Quality system Contacts News and events CAST project: safety and quality 23 December 2009 back to the news list On November 20 in Rome, the "Guidelines for the application of Regulation 2023/2006 / EC to the supply chain of materials and objects intended for contact with food" were officially presented (see the document on the website www.iss.it, under the name Reports ISTISAN 09/33). This is an important act, a true starting point for regulating and qualifying the activities of all operators in the food packaging production chain, with the declared and decisive aim of improving consumer protection. In fact, following the guidelines will no longer be just a task for the "insiders", those who make up the packaging supply chain, but will become a requirement that all packaging consumers will be able to request as a guarantee of the correct compliance of the product with the provisions of the Community regulation. Food packaging and storage are actually fundamental elements of the quality of what we eat. And the CAST project (Food Safety and Technology Contract), within which the guidelines have been developed, was born, under the observation of the health authority, precisely to guarantee safety and certification of the materials in which our food is "arranged". . The goal is to test new approaches to food safety in relation to those materials that are in contact with food. A work that significantly concerns the production chain of aluminum containers, thin sheets and laminates for the manufacture of trays. For this sector, the Guidelines therefore establish the point of departure and arrival (from the foundry to the molding of the trays) of all stages of the process, starting with the selection of materials, which must comply with European legislation, traceable and come from qualified suppliers. . In fact, a characterizing aspect of the guidelines, as regards specifically the producers of aluminum materials and objects, is the obligation to have and maintain a "Quality Assurance System" and a "Quality Control System" which will have the task of documenting the salient stages of production, Search by code Search for the product Select ... Rectangular containers Circular containers Various containers Stretched containers Request the catalog Request information News and Events Recycling: myths and reality In the context of the problem of recycling the raw materials used, it assumes a [...] CAST project: safety and quality On November 20 in Rome the "Guidelines for l & rsq [...] Read all the news Subscribe to the newsletter Zenith Srl Via SP 668 Km 29 + 200, 25025 Manerbio (BS) Tel. +39 030 9938152 Fax +39 030 9382231 VAT 03581210170 [credits]