Innovia Films labels certified for food contact

UltraFoil CFA and WFA comply with the applicable EU and US legislations for most applications involving direct contact with food across most food types. The compliance also covers a broad range of food use conditions such as ambient temperature filling and storage, chilled use, frozen conditions and warm fill.

The films are also designed to give converters a surface allowing outstanding cold-foiling performance, and intricate fine tone and vignette printing.

Alasdair McEwen, labels product manager at Innovia Films, said: ‘The pressure-sensitive label value chain is now very much under the spotlight, with retailers, brand owners and consumers expecting labels to meet the same regulations as traditional food packaging.

‘Until recently, top-coated filmic labelstock materials did not have to meet global regulations’ for food contact compliance. Innovia Films is proud to say that its UltraFoil CFA and WFA top-coated label films are now food contact compliant.

‘With Innovia Films’ renowned worldwide expertise in the fields of labels and regulatory aspects, it is exciting to be able to offer the market high performance, top-coated label facestock films that are food contact compliant. UltraFoil CFA and WFA are the first in a range of coated label films from Innovia offering not only superb print and foiling performance, but also satisfying regulatory demands. 

‘We are exceeding the needs and wants of our customers and continually strive to bring new and innovative label films to the market.’