WHAT ARE THE PACKAGING MATERIALS?
Packages are the outer covers of the products and generally made from metal, paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, etc.. They are utilized to protect the products from external damages and facilitate transportation, storage, distribution, promotion and marketing processes by keeping them together. Packages are indispensable products to extend the shelf life of food, to ensure that products are stored in appropriate conditions, to protect food from unwanted contaminants until it reaches to the consumer, and to provide Halal and Tayyib conditions for a Muslim.
ONES THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED IN PACKAGING MATERIALS
- PIG OIL • ETHANOL • COLLAGEN • BPA
Critical Control Points in the Production of Packaging Materials
Glycerin, Vitamins, Colorants, Fatty acids (such as oleic acid and stearic acid), Fatty acid esters (stearate and oleates), Organic acids and their salts (lactic acid and lactate), Mono and diglycerides, Tallow
The above listed additives have to be produced under Halal conditions and must have a Halal certificate from a reliable institution.
