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Compliance & Food Safety

Compliance guides for importers: which documents to request, the standards behind them, and the material and use claims that need evidence.

Compliance & Food Safety
Glass Food Storage Containers
Glass food storage containers change four numbers and the whole document set. What a private-label buyer should demand: carton data, drop tests, lid claims.
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Compliance & Food Safety
Airtight vs Leakproof: Two Tests
Airtight and leakproof are two different tests, not two grades: one measures a pressure differential, the other measures liquid escape. What to demand.
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FDA Direct Food Contact Guide
FDA direct food contact is a test of surfaces, not a product status. Which lunch box parts need their own report, which need nothing, and what to ask for.
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No FDA-Approved Plastic Exists
There is no FDA approval for a plastic article. What the five US clearance routes really produce, and how to word the compliance clause so it can be proven.
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Resin Codes 1-7 on a Spec Sheet
Plastic container recycling numbers name a polymer family, nothing more. What each code commits you to in a private-label spec, and the documents to demand.
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Bento Box Reusable: Spec Lines
A reusable bento box carries seven spec lines a single-use tray never does: grammage, lid life, repeated-use migration, wash cycles and carton arithmetic.
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Is That Plastic Microwave-Safe?
Two symbols on the base, and neither is evidence. For microwave safe plastic containers: the report to request, the fields it must state, the claim to avoid.
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PP vs PS for Food Containers
PP and PS both go into food-contact containers, but they behave nothing alike in a reusable one. How the resin moves unit cost, drop resistance and documents.
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Plastic Container Freezer Safe
Freezer-safe is a cold-impact property; freezer-to-reheat is a thermal-shock property. Which test, which parameter and which report belongs on the spec.
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LFGB Is a Law, Not a Certificate
An LFGB test report is evidence, not a certificate. See what the German law actually requires, how to read that report, and what its scope leaves out.
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Disposable Food Container RFQ
A disposable-food-container RFQ can land at five factories. See how tooling, wall class, carton data and the compliance file change with the plant type.
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Compliance & Food Safety

Glass Food Storage Containers

Airtight vs Leakproof: Two Tests

FDA Direct Food Contact Guide

No FDA-Approved Plastic Exists

Resin Codes 1-7 on a Spec Sheet

Bento Box Reusable: Spec Lines

Is That Plastic Microwave-Safe?

PP vs PS for Food Containers

Plastic Container Freezer Safe

LFGB Is a Law, Not a Certificate

Disposable Food Container RFQ