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1. Glass, the primary packaging material
1.1 Packaging definitions and functions
The definition of packaging, set out in EU Directive 94/62
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.
Like the "glass material" itself, the use of glass containers goes back a long way, since as early as the 8th century B.C., the Egyptians...
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References
Thesis
- - http://www.sudoc.abes.fr
- SOLIN (G.) - Contribution à la connaissance de l'utilisation du verre et de quelques matières plastiques pour le conditionnement primaire des liquides en pharmacie. - Université...
Standardization
French and European standards relating to glass packaging are set out in chapter H 35 Industries de l'Embouteillage of the Recueil des Normes published by AFNOR. Below is a list of the main ISO and AFNOR (Association française de normalisation) standards concerning glass packaging.
- Bouteilles utilisées comme récipients-mesures. - FD H 35-000 - 10-75
Glass packaging for liquid foods
- Bouteilles...
Organizations
International Bottling and Packaging Technical Center (CETIE) http://www.cetie.org
Chamber of mechanical glassmakers of France (CSVMF)
Fédération des cristalleries et verreries à la main et mixtes (Federation of hand and mixed crystal and glass makers)
European Container Glass Federation...
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