Food products are of different types and their nature is also different, they are exposed to heat, light, damp and wet environments. Some of the products are even frozen products and so there packing is required to be done very carefully with appropriate usage of right ink. The other aspect that is required to be looked upon about packaging ink is that it should retain the barcode marking in every temperature and environmental conditions. Packaging ink is used on the surface of the packing for they are in direct contact with the food item. It is therefore very important that they should be used of good standard, should be natural and non-toxic.
When it comes to food safety in terms of packaging and level of customer satisfaction, it is the printing ink industry that plays an important role. Following are the things that they need to take care of while using printing inks in packaging:
- The ink used in packaging should not cause injury to the human health
- It should alter the composition of the stuff inside the packaging
- While applying ink on the packaging, they should recommendation from the manufacturer of the food items regarding the nature and characteristics of the items
- The printing ink should be applied
in accordance with the good printing practices.
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