Food and Medical related standards achieved by Polybags:
Food Contact
We confirm that all virgin polythene supplied by Polybags
complies with the relevant legislation on food contact including
Great Britain and the European Union.
Great Britain: Statutory Instrument, 1998 No. 1376 and
BPF-BIBRA (1995), Polymer Specification 4, Polyethylene
EU: Commission Directive 90/128/EEC, 92/39/EEC, 93/9/EEC,
95/3/EEC and 96/11/EC, Section A.
Medical use
We confirm that virgin polythene supplied by Polybags enables
our customers to produce containers for preparations for
medico-pharmaceutical purposes that comply with the following
regulation: European Pharmacopoeia - Monograph 3.1.3
"Polyolefines" for medico-pharmaceutical purposes.
The final responsibility for the decision of whether a
material is fit for a particular application lies with the
pharmaceutical firm.