INEOS Styrolution’s SAN Grades Earn Chinese National GB Food Contact Accreditation
INEOS Styrolution
has announced that two of its Luran styrene acrylonitrile copolymers
(SAN) grades, Luran SAN C 552495 and Luran SAN C NR, are in compliance
with GB 4806.6-2016 (Chinese National Food Safety Standard on
Food-Contact Use of Plastic Resins), the additives used are cleared
under GB 9685-2016 (Chinese National Food Safety Standard on Use of
Additives in Food Contact Materials and Articles). These grades are also
compliant with USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European
Union (EU) food contact regulations.
Sven Riechers, Vice President, Specialties Business Management, Asia Pacific, INEOS Styrolution, said:
“With the increasing tightening of plastic food contact safety compliance regulations globally, INEOS Styrolution collaborates closely with our partners to continuously renew, improve and differentiate our portfolio and services to generate further value for our customers in the household industry. We are currently working on the other grades in our food contact range to achieve compliance with Chinese National GB food contact regulations.”
Source: INEOS Styrolution
SAN Plastic Compliant with Food Contact Regulations
Key Points
Material of Choice for Processing, Design & Safety
- The Luran product line from INEOS Styrolution provides outstanding surface quality, excellent transparency and food contact compliance, enabling the creation of products that are aesthetically pleasant, durable and safe for daily household use.
- Luran SAN C 552495 and Luran SAN C NR exhibit well-balanced property profiles, good chemical resistance and superior processability for demanding injection molding applications.
- The low residual monomer levels exhibited in these two grades is also the result of an upgrading project completed in 2017 at INEOS Styrolution’s SAN production lines in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, bringing on the advantage of improved food contact safety, particularly for the household industry, which requires food contact compliance for their finished products.
A Versatile & Cost-effective Solution
- A trusted material with excellent property retention, INEOS Styrolution’s various Luran grades are currently used in various household applications such as water filters, mixers and blenders, cosmetics jars and coffee machine water containers.
Advance Application Innovation in Household Industry
Sven Riechers, Vice President, Specialties Business Management, Asia Pacific, INEOS Styrolution, said:
“With the increasing tightening of plastic food contact safety compliance regulations globally, INEOS Styrolution collaborates closely with our partners to continuously renew, improve and differentiate our portfolio and services to generate further value for our customers in the household industry. We are currently working on the other grades in our food contact range to achieve compliance with Chinese National GB food contact regulations.”
Source: INEOS Styrolution
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