Compliance Services

Regulatory Compliance Services

The safety of packaging material relative to the product in it requires simply: “Do no harm!" This obligation takes many forms in various jurisdictions, but in broad terms it requires that the material not add any harmful (that is to the consumer's health or the product’s usefulness) ingredients to the product. The principal factors influencing the potential for harm are (1) the type of product, for example, a fatty food or an acidic medication; and (2) the conditions of use, particularly high temperatures for extended times. Some laws and packaged goods producers approach a potential threat by quantitative limits. Others place outright bans of some ingredients from food packaging materials.

Users of flexible packaging materials must have documentation that their packaging complies with legal requirements. Suppliers of flexible packaging materials must have the knowledge and capability to guarantee that compliance. Those suppliers must also conform to mandatory government regulations and voluntary industry standards for "good manufacturing practices" (gmp). These cover everything in the packaging manufacturing environment from controlling access to the facility to identifying and securely handling any waste that comes out.

Flexible packaging users can use Flexpacknology llc to:

confirm that their food packaging material documentation meets legal requirements.
develop gmp norms for their food packaging material suppliers
Develop supplier auditing programs, checklists, and rating systems.

Flexible packaging producers can use Flexpacknology llc to:

assemble relevant chemical information about the raw materials used your flexible packaging materials for food,
advise on how to to certify compliance of packaging product for the intended use in the intended market(s).
secure a gap analysis of your current packaging manufacturing practices
develop an action plan to comply with government gmp requirements or third party gmp audits