Article | REF: F1322 V1

Glass packaging concerning food products

Author: Jean-Luc BOUTONNIER

Publication date: March 10, 2012, Review date: December 15, 2017

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1. Things to remember

1.1 Definition of food packaging

The definition of packaging set out in EU Directive 94/62 distinguishes and defines the various classes of packaging.

Packaging is any product made of materials of any kind, designed to contain and protect goods, from raw materials to finished products, to enable their handling and transportation from producer to consumer or user, and to ensure their presentation. All "disposable" items used for the same purpose must be considered as packaging.

  • Food packaging involves three elements:

    • packaging: containing ;

    • a foodstuff: contents ;

    • ...

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