Food and medical standards

Food-safe polythene

All Polybags products marked with our food-safe icon (left) are safe to come into contact with food intended for human consumption.

The polythene used to make these products meets all necessary food-safety standards and complies with the relevant UK, EU and US food-contact legislation.

For further details please see our food-safe polythene page or download our statement of conformity on food-safety regulations below.

• Download Polybags' food-safety certificate

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.

Other standards

View additional standards and certifications that Polybags has achieved, along with the regulatory standards we operate to.

Find out more about our packaging features and the other industry standards to which our products comply.