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ARIATEJG

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 08:37 AM

hi everyone! do you know the standards for migration and microbiological criteria for primary paper packaging? thanks a lot!

 



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Posted 02 April 2018 - 06:41 PM

Depends on country, I can't speak to the Philippines. However in USA, one standard that can be used is the paper stock and rinse standard in the pasteurized milk ordinance.

1. Paper stock shall meet the bacteriological standard of not more than two hundred fifty (250) colonies per gram as determined by the disintegration test. The paper stock supplier shall certify that their paper stock was manufactured in compliance with this Standard. This applies only to the paper stock prior to lamination.

 

2. Where a rinse test can be used, the residual microbial count shall not exceed fifty (50) per container, except that in containers less than 100 mL, the count shall not exceed ten (10), or when using the swab test, not over fifty (50) colonies per fifty (50) cm 2 (1 per square centimeter) of product-contact surface in three (3) out of four (4) samples taken at random on a given day. All single-service containers and closures shall be free of coliform organisms.

 


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Posted 03 April 2018 - 04:06 AM

hi everyone! do you know the standards for migration and microbiological criteria for primary paper packaging? thanks a lot!

 

Hi Ariate,

 

Can try -

 

http://www.ifsqn.com...ing/#entry51255

 

http://www.ifsqn.com...ration-studies/

 

http://www.ifsqn.com...ers/#entry75983

(packaging not my area but it is possible some of EC limits may have changed based on my limited memory of recent threads)


Kind Regards,

 

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 08:17 AM

thanks so much for the help guys! appreciate it much!





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