Food packaging materials refer to materials used for food (food additives) packaging containers, also known as indirect food additives. Food packaging, on the one hand, is to avoid food damage and prevent harmful substances that may enter the food in the later storage process, and to protect food safety; On the other hand, it is convenient for food transportation and consumption.
In reality, there are a large number of materials used for food packaging, and there are many types of packaging materials that directly contact with food. Various chemical substances directly contact with food. Under certain conditions, the substances in food packaging materials will migrate to food, thus causing food insecurity.
Types and factors of food packaging safety hazards
1. Hazards of plastic packaging
Plastic products have many advantages such as light weight, convenient transportation, chemical stability and easy production, and are widely used in food packaging. By adding a certain amount of auxiliary polymer materials such as antioxidants and preservatives into plastics, it has a good protective effect on food. However, the surface of plastic packaging is easy to cause food pollution due to friction charged adsorption of micro dust impurities. The free monomers such as unpolymerized ethylene and ethylbenzene in plastic packaging will increase the risk of migration to food with the extension of contact time, thus causing food pollution. The stabilizer and plasticizer added to the plastic packaging products have carcinogenicity and teratogenicity. The large use of plastic packaging increases the pressure of later recycling and pollutes the environment.
2. Hazards of glass packaging containers
With people’s demand for diversified and personalized packaging, many glass containers made of silica are widely used in food packaging. In order to increase the gloss of glass containers, manufacturers often add arsenic and antimony as clarifiers, and even lead. In addition, glass containers of various colors are also used as containers for food packaging, where food is easily contaminated by silica and other substances dissolved from glass.
Besides, more and more metals, ceramics, rubber monomers, etc. are applied to food packaging as packaging, gaskets and sealing materials. If they are not handled properly, they may also cause potential hazards.
3. Hazards of paper packaging containers
In recent years, paper packaging has been widely used in food packaging because it can be made into bags, boxes, cans, boxes and other forms. Universally acknowledged that paper packaging material is a kind of recyclable and degradable environmental protection packaging material. However, some illegal businessman in small factories use recycled paper or cardboard as food packaging materials, and their bacteria, chemical residues and some impurities are often attached to the produced paper packaging, which increases the risk of paper packaging polluting food. In addition, most whitening agents and fluorescent chemicals used in paper packaging are potential food pollution sources. And some enterprises have hidden dangers of food safety due to backward technology and nonstandard quality management in their production and printing.
So, It is very important for food processing plants to choose a reliable and regular packaging factory for cooperation. HugPak Packaging Company will be your best choice. Our factory regularly publicizes food safety knowledge to enhance the sense of responsibility of “safety first” of all employees. In addition, provide training for technicians of all departments on food packaging technology. Our sales staff also often guide consumers to attach great importance to the safety of food packaging materials, and can not simply take “whether the food packaging is complete” as the judgment standard of food packaging safety. So that consumers can master the correct use methods of food packaging, and when purchasing food packaging materials, they can use them according to the commodity characteristics, the temperature and the use range specified in the food packaging. HugPak uses food grade packaging materials approved by FDA. As a packaging manufacturer, we ensure strict quality control in the production process and do not use packaging materials containing toxic and harmful substances.
Food packaging safety and hygiene quality are directly related to the health of hundreds of millions of people. Therefore, we must always put food packaging safety in a more important position, and take effective measures to seriously deal with it from the aspects of packaging production, sales, use and management, so as to minimize the hidden dangers of food packaging safety, ensure people’s health and food import and export trade, and make efforts to build a harmonious society. Choose HugPak as your packaging partner, you will not disappointed. Contact us now to get your free quote.
