Cork in contact with food – legal aspects

Cork in contact with food – legal aspects. As a completely natural material, cork is intended for contact with food in the light of European law. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with our offer of cork washers and the list of legal acts in which you can find confirmation that the EU law allows cork to be completely safe in contact with food.

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All materials that come into contact with food are subject to two European legal acts:
• Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, also known as
framework regulation or FCM (Food Contact Materials) regulation

Materials and articles intended to come into contact with food must be accompanied by a written declaration confirming that they comply with the provisions applicable to them.

The written declaration enables easy identification of materials, articles or products from intermediate stages of manufacture or substances for which it was issued.

• Regulation (EC) 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practices for materials and articles intended for
food contact, also known as GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) regulation

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02006R2023-20080417&from=EN

Therefore, any material considered to be FCM will have to comply with this legislation.

The regulation concerns, inter alia, cork. Below is the link to the full text of the regulation:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32004R1935

Art. 16 – Declaration of conformity
Materials and articles intended to come into contact with food must be accompanied by a written declaration confirming that they comply with the provisions applicable to them.

The written declaration enables easy identification of materials, articles or products from intermediate stages of manufacture or substances for which it was issued.