# 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Division A: Printing inks

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Processes involving the application of printing inks to the non-food contact side of a material or article
1.. Printing inks applied to the non food-contact side of materials and articles shall be formulated and/or applied in such a manner that substances from the printed surface are not transferred to the food-contact side:
(a) through the substrate or;
(b) by set-off in the stack or the reel,
in concentrations that lead to levels of the substance in the food which are not in line with the requirements of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.
2.. Printed materials and articles shall be handled and stored in their finished and semi-finished states in such a manner that substances from the printed surface are not transferred to the food-contact side:
(a) through the substrate or;
(b) by set-off in the stack or reel,
in concentrations that lead to levels of the substance in the food which are not in line with the requirements of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.
3.. The printed surfaces shall not come into direct contact with food.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/2023/annex/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-2023/annex/division-A
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