Food packaging industry 2012 "over three levels"

The issue of food safety has been paid more and more attention by people, and the safety of food packaging is equally important. In China, more and more attention has been paid to the packaging of goods. In the past, the relationship between the goods and the packaging was the relationship between red flowers and green leaves. Now the two have been in parallel. For the outer packaging of food, not only the materials used are environmentally friendly, but also the requirements for environmental protection are met. Excessive waste of packaging materials is attracting more and more attention. Recently, a reporter from "China News and Publications" interviewed a domestic food packaging environmentalist - Dong Jinshi, deputy chairman and secretary of the International Food Packaging Association. The interpretation of China's current food packaging production and application conditions and the three “difficulties” that must be tackled in the new year.

The correct use of raw and auxiliary materials for food packaging is a good "green" Guan Dong Jin Shi believes that the problem of improper use of raw materials in domestic food packaging is more serious. At present, the competition of domestic enterprises has become a cost competition, and then it is transformed into the competition of raw materials. Packaging is the last line of defense for food safety and is seen as an invisible additive, and some companies often use low-cost raw materials in order to win orders for low costs, and use illegal raw materials, all of which have brought a lot of potential risks. There have emerged such as the use of food paper packaging but the illegal use of waste paper; illegal addition of plasticizers and other additives; dyeing the package, leading to excessive levels of harmful ingredients; packaging components do not show, consumers can not determine the safety of the phenomenon .

Among them, contamination of foods is very common due to improper selection of printing inks and improper use of segregation. Dong Jinshi introduced that ink pigments contain lead, cadmium, and other heavy metals, and in order to facilitate printing, a certain amount of solvent is added during production, and the solvents used contain more harmful substances such as benzene, oxime, and quinone. Therefore, it is very important to use environmentally friendly inks for printing in food packaging. It is understood that environmental protection water-based inks have been introduced on the market and related technologies have matured. However, due to cost reasons, they have not yet been widely promoted and applied. There are still a large number of companies that use benzene-containing inks for printing food packaging products. print. Dong Jinshi called for the use of environmentally friendly inks for food packaging and printing. Taking paper cups and paper bowls as an example, they are stacked together in the production and sales process. The ink printed on the outer wall can easily migrate harmful substances to the inner wall of the adjacent paper cup or paper bowl so that consumers can Unconsciously, they drink harmful substances into the body.

In addition, some supplementary products and tools for food packaging cannot be neglected. The requirements for auxiliary materials are the same as raw materials. Quality control cannot be relaxed, such as color master batches, fillers, etc. These products have an important role in the safety of food and food packaging.

In this regard, Dong Jinshi suggested that food packaging manufacturers should pay attention to the use of raw materials and put safety first in production rather than cost. This will also promote the sustainable development of the company's future.

The training + market has made food packaging “over-exceeding” and excessive packaging has caused great concern. The harm is endless, and it infringes upon the interests of consumers. It also causes consumers to overwhelm the use of excessive packaging while also wasting resources and generating excessive amounts of waste. Recycling increases difficulty. However, the current domestic packaging of exquisite gift boxes prevails, especially at the occasion of the holiday season, but it is increasingly welcomed. However, it is not known that some manufacturers are excessively pursuing the appearance and color of packaging, and illegally use waste materials to make food packaging. The packaged food is easily contaminated. However, consumers only pay attention to the quality of food, and ignore the harm that packaging brings to the body.

There are currently two national standards for excessive packaging in China: the “Month Cake Compulsory National Standard” that was implemented on June 1, 2006 and “Restriction of excessive packaging requirements for food and cosmetics” that were implemented on April 1, 2010. It is understood that at present, only the implementation of excessive packaging standards for cosmetics and food, mainly due to the over-packaging of these two types of products is serious. However, there are no standards for thousands of commodities such as medicines, health products, and children's food.

Dong Jinshi believes that some food packaging companies are opposed to restricting over-packaging, because this is contrary to the principle that enterprises should obtain more benefits. Therefore, he suggested that companies should proceed from the overall situation, cultivate their sense of social responsibility, and actively conduct training on enterprises, on the hazards of overpacking, relevant state policies and regulations, and proposals for replaceable and reasonable packaging, as well as new corporate profit growth points, etc. . In order to mobilize them together to resist excessive packaging. Dong Jinshi introduced that at present, the International Food Packaging Association is also actively cooperating with all parties to carry out such training work. The results are significant, not only for companies that do not actively resist over-packaging, but also for others who are actively following the normative standards but are unable to start. Business. At the same time, the government's supervision and enforcement functions should be brought into play to lead enterprises to abandon over-packaging. It is also important that consumers also need to work with production companies and governments to help limit overpacking through their sensible purchases.

Dong Jinshi also predicts that in 2012, as a result of simple, reduced, transparent packaging will gradually become the trend of packaging development, develop a compliant and unique products. This will help companies adapt to market trends, take the initiative to abandon over-packaging, and transform healthily.

Improve Standards + Strengthen Supervision Food packaging industry steadily surpasses "standards" Guan Dong Jinshi said that there should be four conditions for the formulation of food packaging products. First, the proportion of drafting units and experts should be shown to be dominated by the government. This can ensure that the formulation of standards is based on a neutral and objective position; the second is to seek the views of enterprises and certain standards are now formulated to implement them. The reason for this is that the standard is not operability, does not meet the actual production of the company, and there is no point in not being able to operate the standard; the third is to solicit the opinions of consumers, to understand the real needs of consumers and the characteristics of the use of packaging; Fourthly, the key indicators that are particularly important to consumers must be strictly controlled. Some non-critical indicators can be handed over to the industry and enterprises themselves to control according to different production environments and product requirements, which will help promote the healthy development of the industry. Among them, the ratio of experts in the solicitation of opinions should show the characteristics of government-led, industry experts, and consumers' common assistance.

It is understood that at present there are many levels of food packaging standards, overlapping content, national standards, industry association standards, local standards, there are many standards for the same product, which led to market confusion. In 2012, with the integration of standards, multi-sector standards were integrated into national standards, thereby changing the confusion of standards. This depends on the healthy cooperation and cooperation among many departments such as the health department, quality inspection department, environmental protection department, agricultural department, and the Ministry of Development and Reform.

There is also a group of national standards for food packaging that are in urgent need of blankness, and they are expected to be introduced and improved as soon as possible. According to Dong Jinshi, at present, there are only industry standards for disposable paper cups in China and there are no national standards. And the industry standard is only recommended, not mandatory, this state easily leads to a mixed bag of disposable paper cup market.

In addition, the establishment of a reasonable standard also requires corresponding supporting punitive measures to cooperate, so that violators will be punished and play an effective role. On the other hand, if there is no follow-up regulation, the violators will not be punished, which is detrimental to the promotion of the standard. At the same time establish a reporting mechanism. According to reports, the association reported more than 100 illegal businesses in 2010.

However, Dong Jinshi believes that the inclusion of all norms in enforcement is not conducive to legitimate competition in the industry. The best way is to impose mandatory standards plus adjustable combinations. "For the health and safety of consumers, the hard hard, the soft soft, this will help the healthy development of the industry."