Big bags for use in the food industry
Big bag packaging is used in various industries, including those that place high demands on cleanliness. Due to the high quality of the packaged products and their intended use, customers from the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries require that both the interior and exterior elements of the big bag packaging be free from any dirt and contamination.
Paktainer is the only manufacturer of big bag packaging in Poland and one of the few in Europe that has the BRC/IoP certificate.
Paktainer has been supplying food industry companies for many years.
and is improving its competences in this field by implementing subsequent food standards such as PN EN 15593 or ISO 22000. We are currently working based on the BRC IoP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials. This is version 5 of the standard specifying requirements for manufacturers of packaging and materials that are to lead to a compliant and safe product. The scope of certification covers the production, by cutting, printing, sewing and gluing of polypropylene big bag packaging, with or without welded PE, EVOH and ALU inserts, optionally equipped with valves, for food and non-food products. In order to ensure consistently high quality packaging in terms of hygiene, we are subject to periodic audits by DNV GL Business Assurance Italia S.r.l.
Production process for big bag hygienic packaging for food contact
Thanks to the BRC IoP standard, risks that may have a negative impact on the quality of packaging have been eliminated or reduced to a minimum. Big bag production takes place in controlled conditions, our employees work in protective clothing, and the devices used to produce big bags, apart from systematic washing, are also disinfected before each production batch.
Just like in food plants, we have eliminated wooden elements from production and production is carried out on stainless steel tables or trolleys.
For packages that are not equipped with special foil inserts (PE, PA/PE, PET/ALU/PE; EVOH, etc.) that constitute a hygienic barrier, we have introduced an additional process of vacuuming each package. This process is intended to ensure the cleanliness of the packaging chamber so that it is free from fabric fragments or threads. Each package also passes through a metal detector.
Paktainer’s systematic approach to hygiene issues means that the quality of the packages produced is constant.
Components for the production of big bag packaging
All components used by Paktainer for packaging production are suitable for contact with all types of food products. In this regard, Paktainer big bags meet the requirements of:
- Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food Text with EEA relevance
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 of 22 December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
- Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
- Regulation of the Minister of Health of 30 October 2008, item 1285, amending the regulation on the list of substances whose use is permitted in the process of manufacturing or processing plastic materials and the method of checking the compliance of these materials and products with the established limits.
- Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 of 18 November 2005 on the restriction of the use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
- Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 of 18 November 2005 on the restriction of the use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
- Regulation of the Minister of Health of 15 January 2008 on the list of substances whose use is permitted in the process of manufacturing or processing materials and articles made of plastics other than plastics intended to come into contact with food
Regulation of the Minister of Health of 15 January 2008 on the list of substances whose use is permitted in the process of manufacturing or processing materials and articles made of plastics other than plastics intended to come into contact with food
