Ritrama adds TC8 top coating

Ritrama has introduced the TC8 top coating, a fully certified treatment which is combined with selected adhesives to come into contact with food.

Ritrama adds TC8 top coating

Ritrama noted that the food packaging industry must meet strict regulations to guarantee the safe use of packaging that does not contaminate food. This includes labelling that is regulated by specific directives. The stringent requirements a label has to comply with to be considered a suitable packaging material in the food industry include application to cold and moist surfaces, contact with fatty substances, oil and storage at deep freeze temperatures.

Standards in the food industry are EC 1935/2004 – on the use of packaging, which does not contaminate food – and EU 10/2011, which specifically refers to all components of a filmic multi-layer label construction considered part of food packaging, including face materials, adhesives and top coatings.

Ritrama offers an extensive selection of label materials that meet the overall framework of food regulations. The products which, feature the ISEGA approved top coating TC8, and adhesives for contact with food, are fully compliant with European Food Regulations EC 1935/2004 and EU 10/2011, as well as the American FDA 175.105 standard and the German Recommendations on Food Contact Materials issued by BfR (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.