National Standards for Coated Paper and Molded Pulp Tableware to Be Developed

[ppzhan abstract] Industry standards are the criteria for the economic development of an industry. Because our industry got off to a late start, China's standards are still lacking in many industries. Recently, the National Paper Standardization Technical Committee said that it will formulate national standards for extrusion-coated paper for food packaging and for pulp molded tableware, so as to promote the development of the industry and provide a guarantee for food safety.

In order to improve the standard system for paper tableware products, the National Paper Standardization Technical Committee will formulate the national standard Pulp Molded Tableware. The standard will specify the safety performance (hygiene indicators, raw materials) and physical performance (dimensional deviation, capacity deviation, water leakage.

Extrusion-coated paper for food packaging refers to extrusion-coated paper and paperboard that is made by coating one or both sides of a paper substrate with PE, PP, PET or a film containing these 3 materials and then processing it into shape, and that is used to wrap (hold) food. Common extrusion-coated papers for food packaging on the market include: low-basis-weight extrusion-coated paper for wrapping hamburgers, pastries and the like; extrusion-coated paper with kraft paper as the substrate for holding dried nuts such as sunflower seeds; and high-basis-weight extrusion-coated paper and paperboard for making paper cups, paper bowls, paper lunch boxes and so on.

Extrusion-coated paper for food packaging comes in many types and is used in large quantities, and it is a material that comes into direct contact with food. At present, China still has no corresponding standard to regulate such products. The newly formulated national standard will specify indicators such as the safety performance (hygiene indicators, raw materials) and physical performance (basis weight deviation, cross-direction thickness difference, film basis weight deviation, degree of adhesion, grease resistance, leakage, dyne value, moisture at delivery) of extrusion-coated paper for food packaging.

Pulp molded tableware refers to paper tableware made from pulp through processes such as forming, molding and drying, including molded paper cups, molded paper bowls, molded paper lunch boxes, molded paper plates, molded paper dishes and so on. Such products use virgin fiber pulp as the raw material, are stronger than other similar products, and have high recycling value and are degradable, so they are regarded as green and environmentally friendly products, but at present there is still no national standard for molded paper tableware. In order to improve the standard system for paper tableware products, the National Paper Standardization Technical Committee will formulate the national standard Pulp Molded Tableware. The standard will specify the safety performance (hygiene indicators, raw materials) and physical performance (dimensional deviation, capacity deviation, water leakage.

——This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn). Original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-361900.html