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This standard specifies the types, technical requirements, test rules, and marking, packaging, transport and storage of new water-based inks for flexographic printing. This standard applies to water-based inks produced from water-soluble resins as the main raw material with the addition of pigments, fillers and additives through compound grinding; the products can be widely used in flexographic and gravure printing for printing and packaging in fields such as food, tobacco and alcohol, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and children's toys. 2. Referenced standards Contained in the following standards

Proposed by the General Administration of Press and Publication and administered by the National Printing Standardization Technical Committee, the national standard GB/T 17934.3 "Graphic technology — Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proofs and production prints — Part 3: Coldset offset lithography on newsprint" was jointly drafted and formulated by the Printing Working Committee of the China Newspaper Association, the China Printing Science and Technology Research Institute, the People's Daily Printing Plant, the PLA Daily Printing Plant, the Jiefang Daily Printing Plant, the Yangcheng Evening News Printing Plant

On 9 November 2009, SAC/TC170 held in Beijing the third working meeting of the drafting group for the national standard plan project "Printing Technology — Colour and Transparency of Four-Colour Printing Inks — Part 1: Sheet-Fed and Heatset Web Offset Lithographic Inks", with attendees from Tianjin Toyo Ink Co., Ltd., Hanghua Ink Chemical Co., Ltd., Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Artron Enterprise (Group) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Haichuan Colour Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Institute of Graphic Communi

According to a report from the tobacco authority, against the backdrop of growing public concern over the safety, hygiene and environmental requirements of consumer goods, the State Tobacco Administration issued a mandatory industry standard on solvent residue limits for tobacco packaging — "Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds in Cigarette Carton and Box Packaging Paper" — and, for the implementation of these limits, formulated the corresponding testing method: "YC/T207-2006 Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Cigarette Carton and Box Packaging Paper — Headspace-Gas Chromatography

Under the dual pressure of stringent EU regulations and the financial crisis, exporting companies must exercise strict control when selecting packaging material manufacturers, choosing wherever possible packaging materials that are low-risk, highly safe and environmentally sound, and must understand their production processes: after printing, the solvents in the ink must be completely volatilized, the ink must be thoroughly cured, and the corresponding industry standards must be met. Before using packaging bags, companies may also send packaging materials to qualified laboratories at inspection and quarantine institutions for conformity verif

China has rolled out nine major policies for the printing industry: 1. Imported printing equipment eligible for interest subsidies. Printing enterprises that imported three types of offset presses and one type of die-cutting machine within specified technical parameter ranges in 2007 can, through application, receive interest subsidy funds of up to 6%–7% of the import value. 2. Export tax rebate rates raised for some printing-related products. From November 1, 2008, export tax rebate rates for some publications and paper stationery will be raised to 13% and 11% respectively. 3. Enterprises'

1. Pharmaceutical packaging and labels must be printed in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the National Medical Products Administration, and no content that has not been reviewed and approved may be added to their text or graphics. Pharmaceutical packaging is divided into inner packaging and outer packaging. The content of pharmaceutical packaging and labels must not go beyond the content defined by the drug instructions approved by the National Medical Products Administration. 2. The content printed on pharmaceutical packaging and labels must describe the product accurately and without error; apart from wording that describes safe and rational use of the drug, it is prohibited to print

After the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and the Hygienic Standard for the Use of Additives in Food Containers and Packaging Materials (GB9685-2008) officially came into force in June this year, the Plastic Laminated Film and Bags for Packaging — Dry Lamination and Extrusion Lamination (GB/Tl0004-2008) and the Hygienic Standard for Melamine-Formaldehyde Molding Products for Food Containers and Packaging Materials (GB9690-2009) took effect in August and September respectively;

In order to implement the Food Safety Law, regulate the production and use of food packaging materials and of the additives, monomers, resins, coatings and other substances used in packaging materials (referred to as food packaging materials), promote the healthy and orderly development of the food packaging materials industry and ensure food safety, seven departments — the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the State Food and Drug Administration — jointly issued on June 5, 2009 the "Notice on the Implementation of

The Chinese government is further stepping up its support for the environmental protection industry. On August 27, 2008, the Ministry of Finance issued the Measures for the Administration of High-Tech R&D Funds for the Packaging Industry, making it clear that, in order to standardize the management of high-tech R&D funds for the packaging industry, support the industry in actively developing new products and adopting new technologies, and promote the development of the circular economy and the green, eco-friendly packaging industry, qualifying enterprises will have the opportunity to receive R&D funding support of up to 5 million yuan with immediate effect. R&D funding support