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[Charles.C]

Dear All,

Not my personal area however I came across this thesis describing a model implementation of a HACCP system for production of labels for water bottles. A zero-CCP result.

No revolutionary content I guess, but the review/description seemed quite readable to me and maybe useful for entrants into packaging. (There are several packaging HACCP plans for higher risk scenarios already within this forum of course).

 thesis, packaging,non-food contact label, implem. haccp system.pdf   1.65MB   90 downloads

Rgds / Charles.C

[GMO]

A non food contact label requires a HACCP plan?

Thinking about it though, it's not likely for the label but there was a recent news story about recycled card and the mineral oil content going through inner packaging (e.g. thinking of a cereal box migrating from the cardboard container through the plastic liner into some cereal).

http://www.scienceda...10615094431.htm

[Charles.C]

Dear GMO,

A non food contact label requires a HACCP plan?

Yes, i realised there is a certain amount of incongruity involved but the topic happened to trigger a memory of people using (uncontrolled) marker pens to write sizes / expiry dates on plastic bags (primary packaging) of RTE product. Subsequently the bags broke en-route due to sub-standard plastic. Net result embarrassing.

Yr link is interesting (as is the journal itself). In fact another adjacent link on recycled board packaging (20007) was quite foreboding also -

http://www.scienceda...71128113022.htm

Rgds / Charles.C

[Madam A. D-tor]

Dear GMO and Charles C,

I have read about this topic too in Dutch literature.
I believe there were at least 2 recalls regarding this issue: for Kellogs cereals and for Knorr Taco's.

Here is a link to the original article from the Swiss researchers: http://www.springerl...xw/fulltext.pdf

We never thought about other risks from paper and carton then moulds. So this was an eye opener to me and to a lot of other peoples. Now every one wants to use virgin materials for packing materials instead of recycled.
I still can remember that fish and vegetables were wrapped in old newspapers.

A company of non-direct carton packaging material for bakeries (pie cartons) once did a withdrawal on the products, because the cartons were smelling. The carton producer used recycled milk cartons in the carton for the pie cartons.

The use of recycled plastics is getting bigger. I already found meat packings (direct contact) from recycled plastic.
Does anybody know the risks?

Edited by Madam A. D-tor, 29 July 2011 - 01:48 PM.

[GMO]

Fish and chips used to be served in old newspaper in the UK! I'm sure the fat leached out the mineral oils from the inks a treat

Still, if you were born before the 1980's you will have had no back seats in cars (let alone child seats), artificial everything in your food (love that MSG, what's wrong with Quinoline yellow?) BSE in your beef, Salmonellae in your eggs...

It's astonishing we all survived!

[Madam A. D-tor]

Fish and chips used to be served in old newspaper in the UK! I'm sure the fat leached out the mineral oils from the inks a treat

Still, if you were born before the 1980's you will have had no back seats in cars (let alone child seats), artificial everything in your food (love that MSG, what's wrong with Quinoline yellow?) BSE in your beef, Salmonellae in your eggs...

It's astonishing we all survived!

HaHahaha! You are totally right.
But then: my father could not afford a car, until I was12 and we only used it to visit my grand parents and to go on holidays. Now I am using the car even to do the groceries, which is only a 5 minutes walk. Beef was not daily on the menu and Chinese food always gave me a head ache some way.

Have a nice weekend.

Edited by Madam A. D-tor, 29 July 2011 - 08:13 PM.

[FSSM]

Dear GMO and Charles C,

I have read about this topic too in Dutch literature.
I believe there were at least 2 recalls regarding this issue: for Kellogs cereals and for Knorr Taco's.

Here is a link to the original article from the Swiss researchers: http://www.springerl...xw/fulltext.pdf

We never thought about other risks from paper and carton then moulds. So this was an eye opener to me and to a lot of other peoples. Now every one wants to use virgin materials for packing materials instead of recycled.
I still can remember that fish and vegetables were wrapped in old newspapers.

A company of non-direct carton packaging material for bakeries (pie cartons) once did a withdrawal on the products, because the cartons were smelling. The carton producer used recycled milk cartons in the carton for the pie cartons.

The use of recycled plastics is getting bigger. I already found meat packings (direct contact) from recycled plastic.
Does anybody know the risks?

Dear Madam A. D-tor,

I haven´t read it yet, just found it. Hope it helps!

http://www.fda.gov/F...g/ucm120762.htm

Regards,

FSSM