Food packaging is an increasingly important industry sector in several respects, both because of the focus on packaging sustainability made possible by innovation in materials and production processes, and because of the so-called Shelf-Life of food products.
Shelf-Life indicates the period of time between the production of the good and its consumption, without health risks. In both of these two aspects, a key role is played by the formulation of industrial adhesives used to seal food packaging.
Food packaging, as we have said, in order to be safe, must avoid contact of the product with external agents, but at the same time it must avoid the passage of chemicals from the packaging materials to the contained products, so as not to alter their quality or safety.
This is the so-called migration phenomenon also regulated at the EU level by EU Directive 10/2011, which sets the total amount of tolerable volatile substances transferred from plastic to food at 10 mg/dm2 for a contact area of 60 mg/kg. For this reason, it is always best to contact people who are experts in the field to receive the best possible assistance in the development of your product.