Food Safe Wood Finish
Hello. I hope someone can help me out. I make a non toxic wood finish using only beeswax and food grade mineral oil. I sell it on a small scale. I'm looking to expand. I need to know what is required to call the product "food safe". I know the ingredients are food safe. I make it in a very clean work area using GMP's. I already call it "non-toxic", can I call it "food safe" or does that require some type of certification? Thanks
Hello.
I hope someone can help me out. I make a non toxic wood finish using only beeswax and food grade mineral oil. I sell it on a small scale. I'm looking to expand. I need to know what is required to call the product "food safe". I know the ingredients are food safe. I make it in a very clean work area using GMP's. I already call it "non-toxic", can I call it "food safe" or does that require some type of certification?
Thanks
I assume the target "wood" is going to be a food contact surface.
"JFI", maybe read this -
https://turnawoodbow...3-safe-options/
I guess that your "non-toxic" is a self-designated characteristic ??
You are probably entering into some murky semantic/FS arenas.
For example see -
https://www.chemsafe...ons_in_USA.html
https://www.industri...d-safe-meanings
Also see this thread (eg Post 7/surrounds) which is somewhat different scenario but conceptually probably overlaps -
https://www.ifsqn.co...mean-food-safe/
(Sadly several of URLs are long broken by now although may still exist in my archives)
Hello.
In my experience, I have struggled to find chemicals that are stated as 'Food Grade' and I have been told this is because companies do not want to pay for the certification required.
This may help
Looks like you'd need certification from a body like NSF
https://www.industri...d-safe-meanings
FYI, most food processors won't want wood, so you'll be looking at expanding into the residential market for the most part