FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION • the date of the declaration; • confirmation that the plastic materials or articles, products from intermediate stages of manufacture or the substances meet relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; • adequate information relative to the substances used or products of degradation thereof for which restrictions and/or specifications are set out in Annexes I and II to this Regulation to allow the downstream business operators to ensure compliance with those restrictions; • adequate information relative to the substances which are subject to a restriction in food, obtained by experimental data or theoretical calculation about the level of their specific migration and, where appropriate, purity criteria in accordance with Directive 2008/84/EC[9] to enable the user of these materials or articles to comply with the relevant EU provisions or, in their absence, with national provisions applicable to food; • specifications on the use of the material or article, such as: • type or types of food with which it is intended to be put in contact; • time and temperature of treatment and storage in contact with the food; • ratio of food contact surface area to volume used to establish the compliance of the material or article. Declarations of Compliance must be made available on request, to legislators, auditors and customers, for all food contact cleaning equipment made from plastics and epoxy resins. Some European markets may additionally request food contact approval in compliance with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) CR21[10]. See http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/ cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=177. It should be noted that compliance with FDA food contact require ments alone is not sufficient within Europe. VIKAN CLEANING TOOLS In compliance with these legal requirements, and in support of the food industry, Declarations of Compliance and details of FDA compliances for individual Vikan products can be found on our website, http://www.vikan.com/int/food-beverage/ products/detail/?id=783&gid=8109 then click on the ‘Documentation’ tab. Migration test certificates are also available on request. Author: Deb Smith, Global Hygiene Specialist, Vikan Vikan A/S - Department of Research & Development 04Copyright © 2015 Vikan A/S · All Rights Reserved
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