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Swiss law on food packaging inks creates ‘positive list’

Switzerland is going beyond EU legislation by requiring substances to be approved before they can be used as ingredients in inks for food packaging. Sean Milmo reports. Swiss legislation that will create a “positive list” of substances permitted to be used in printing inks for food packaging, will come into force in April 2010. The law is a revision of the Swiss Ordinance on materials and articles in contact with food. The positive...