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Suitability assessment food packaging materials

Publication date: May 4, 2022
Organisation: KIDV

Food packaging materials may not pose a health risk to consumers. The producer of the packaging material must demonstrate that the material is safe for the intended use and meets the legal requirements. The buyer of the packaging material must assess whether the material is appropriate for the use and the food to be packaged. But how to do so and were to think of?

In order to assess the suitability of the packaging, the KIDV has drawn up this document as a tool to collect information about the food and the packaging material in two steps.

This document is part of a series of KIDV fact sheets on food safety, published in May 2022. For more information, see our dossier page on Food Safety