Food-safe packaging

Products on our website carrying this icon are classified as food-safe, are made from food-grade material, and meet all the necessary standards and guidelines for use with food that is intended for human consumption.

Polybags produces and stocks a huge range of paper, polythene and starch-based products that are food-safe. As you would expect, this includes our selection of food and produce bags, sheets and packaging, but also extends to the majority of our packing bags and film.

Food-safety certification

See the 'Food-contact legislation' section (below) for a list of regulations to which our polythene complies. You can also download our statement of conformity on food-safety regulations here:

• Food safety certificate - download our statement of conformity

Food-contact legislation

All virgin polythene supplied by Polybags complies with the relevant legislation on food contact within the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA).

• UK: Plastics for food applications: A code of practice for safety in use, issued by BPF/BIBRA. 1991 Edition. Statutory Instruments 1998 No.1376, 2000 No.3162, 2002 No.2364, 2002 No.3008, 2005 No.325 and 2006 No.1401, 2009 No.205, 2011 No.231, 2012 No. 2619. Status: June 2016.
• EU: Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 of January 14, 2011, including its amendments (EU) No. 1282/2011 of November 28, 2011, (EU) No. 1183/2012 of November 30, 2012, (EU) No. 202/2014 of 3 March 2014, (EU) No. 2015/174 of 5 February 2015 and (EU) No. 2016/1416 of 24 August 2016.
• USA: Code of Federal Regulations, issued by Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paragraph 21