U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation of the use of adhesives in food packaging differs somewhat from how the agency regulates other food contact substances. While FDA regulations for indirect food additives tend to focus on the food contact substance itself, the requirements specified for adhesives place more of the burden of regulatory compliance on the manufacturers of food packaging that contains adhesives and manufacturers of the finished food product.
To better understand FDA’s regulations of adhesives used in food packaging, let’s start with a few definitions. FDA defines a food additive as “…any substance the intended use of which results, or may reasonably be expected to result…in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food,” unless it is exempted from the definition of a food additive [e.g., a color additive, generally recognized as safe (GRAS), prior sanctioned]. There are three types of food additives (direct, secondary direct and indirect), which are discussed later in this article. Such food additives require FDA premarket clearance.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation of the use of adhesives in food packaging differs somewhat from how the agency regulates other food contact substances. While FDA regulations for indirect food additives tend to focus on the food contact substance itself, the requirements specified for adhesives place more of the burden of regulatory compliance on the manufacturers of food packaging that contains adhesives and manufacturers of the finished food product.To better understand FDA’s regulations of adhesives used in food packaging, let’s start with a few definitions. FDA defines a food additive as “…any substance the intended use of which results, or may reasonably be expected to result…in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food,” unless it is exempted from the definition of a food additive [e.g., a color additive, generally recognized as safe (GRAS), prior sanctioned]. There are three types of food additives (direct, secondary direct and indirect), which are discussed later in this article. Such food additives require FDA premarket clearance.
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