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Europe Begins to Move Forward on Harmonized Packaging Ink Standard

European Commission may set EU-wide standards that override national ordinances.

After many years of relatively disjointed regulation of inks and other food contact materials in Europe, ink producers could gain soon from a much more harmonized approach to the issue. However, a number of uncertainties will first have to be resolved in the assessment and management of risks of contamination of food stuffs in packaging due to the migration of chemicals in printing inks. The European Commission, the Brussels-based executive of the European Union that is responsible for dra...

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