The export of plastic products to the eu has a new threshold for plastic cooking utensils
The export of plastic products to the eu has a new threshold for plastic cooking utensils
While Europe has raised the standard of imported plastic products, it is still possible to gain a foothold in the international market as long as the quality of the products is improved and the brand develops. The exhibitors of a food and kitchen export enterprise in dongyang city, zhejiang province, said confidently.
There are new rules for the export of plastic products
At the 115th Canton fair food and kitchen equipment exhibition area, the reporter and many export plastic kitchen utensils and appliances enterprises participated in the conversation to learn that the standard of plastic food and kitchen appliances exported to Europe has been improved.
"The eu's new regulations for plastic products into the market, has brought China plastic products exported to Europe, plastic products export to Europe more strict quality standards, at the same time also increased enterprise's production and inspection costs." Shantou jinhong trade co., LTD.
Recently, the eu issued new regulations (EU202/2014), the requirement of relevant food contact plastic materials and products were revised, new revision requirements are mainly: add two monomers can be used in the manufacture of food contact materials; The specific migration limit of dicyandiamide monomer is 60mg/kg; The restriction of the original material 1, 3-phenyl dimethylamine was changed by the restriction of the individual migration restriction to the common restriction of the addition of the phenyldimethyl isocyanate, which is 0.05 mg/kg. The restrictions are updated. New rules regulations come into force in release after 20 days, and set a buffer period, namely legal before March 24, 2014 to enter the eu market of plastic materials and products, even deviate regulations, also be able to continue to put on the market on March 24, 2015, until finished inventory sales.
"We produce disposable plastic cups are mainly exported to the United States, France, Japan, Australia and the Middle East and other regions, the eu's plastic products new rules on plastic product quality put forward higher requirements, plastic meal kitchen utensils and appliances is facing new challenges, we only have continuously improve quality, to capture the international market." Zhejiang a food and kitchen appliance export enterprise exhibitors said.
Quality, brand can win
In the face of strict entry criteria for eu plastic products, China's plastic food and kitchen export enterprises should improve the quality of products and develop independent brands to obtain more orders. "At present, the design and development capacity of plastic food kitchen appliances in China is weak and the product technology is low. Most of the products that export plastic food and kitchen appliances are designed for the sample, and have less independent research and development products. The enterprise has strong adherence to product research and development and poor independent innovation ability. Zhejiang dongyang plastic co., LTD., the staff said, in the future, our plastic meal kitchen utensils and appliances export enterprises to improve the basic technology of the enterprise, to export plastic meal kitchen utensils and the transformation and upgrading of enterprises laid a solid foundation. Continuously improve enterprise protection technology, through establishing and perfecting the enterprise's quality management system, the construction of laboratory, self-inspection of company, automatic control technology for upgrading, provides important guarantee to improve the quality of the products. Enhance the original technology of products, break through the routine product design route, integrate with the unique elements of diversity, and take the road of original development.
In addition, "the standard regulations of Chinese plastic cooking utensils are lagging behind, and the quality inspection of the products is not comprehensive, which also hinders the export of domestic plastic food and kitchen appliances to the European market." The head of a plastic kitchen appliance export company, who asked not to be named, said: "most of the regulatory standards relating to plastic products in our country were formulated in the 1980s. Although our country in 2009 the ministry of health and the national committee for standardization issued involved in the melamine tableware national standard GB9690-2009 the food containers and packaging materials with melamine - formaldehyde molding product health standard ", the test items and indicators of this kind of product standards have higher requirements, but there are still some plastic products standards confusion, unable to carry on the comprehensive testing, affecting to make reasonable evaluation of the overall quality of the product."