FOOD MANUFACTURERS MUST PREPARE TO COMPLY WITH REACH CHEMICAL CONTROL RULES
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORNFOOD manufacturers may not have to worry about complying with the European Union's (EU) new chemical control system REACH as far as additives, preservatives, colourings and flavourings are concerned, but they absolutely must ensure compliance as regards packaging.REACH - or the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals - system came into force in June 1, following years of debates about its contents, sparking a series of deadlines, tests, assessments and registrations stretching from now until 2022.The Confederation ...
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