2013/12/02

New whitepaper on the topic of “Food Packaging”

How to Determine the Safety of a Food Contact Adhesive

Food packaging safety is an issue to which Henkel – as the world’s largest adhesives manufacturer – is deeply committed. On its knowledge platform “Food Safe Packaging Portal Europe”, Henkel presents a new whitepaper on the topic of how to determine the safety of a food contact adhesive. In his whitepaper, Henkel expert Dr. Joerg Feesche explains what the company does to constantly improve its adhesive portfolio to fulfill customer demand and legal requirements. 
One important premise of food contact legislation is preventing food contact materials from endangering human health. It is up to the manufacturer of the food contact material to check whether their material releases certain chemicals and to assess whether or not these are likely to impact human health. However, there is no special regulation explicitly covering food contact adhesives. Dr. Joerg Feesche provides a summary, as well as information and insights into relevant regulations and risk assessment. Interested people can visit www.henkel.com/foodsafety to register for the premium area, where the whitepapers can be found along with a comprehensive glossary and further videos covering a range of key issues on food safe packaging adhesives.

Henkel operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies in three business areas: 
Laundry & Home Care, Beauty Care and Adhesive Technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial businesses with well-known brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel employs about 47,000 people and reported sales of 16,510 million euros and adjusted operating profit of 2,335 million euros in fiscal 2012. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX.

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Contact	Holger Elfes	Lisa Kretzberg
Phone	+49 211 797-99 33	+49 211 797-56 72
E-mail	holger.elfes@henkel.com	lisa.kretzberg@henkel.com

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

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Henkel expert Dr. Joerg Feesche.