EU ISSUES FOOD PACK GUIDANCE
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has issued a regulation insisting packaging companies ensure from August 2008 that they follow effective quality assurance and quality control systems where their materials touch food. Issued just before Christmas, the legislation insists that food companies document these good practices, although stops short of stipulating their exact form. It says that systems must be appropriate, taking account of a company's scale, personnel and equipment, and must "not be an excessive burden on the business." See ...
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