It is an agreement which ensures the sanitary safety of materials and objects (including single-use gloves) intended to come into contact with food.

To be suitable for food contact, a single-use glove must comply with three different regulations:

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The three mandatory regulations in details:

1/ The European Regulation (EU) N° 1935/2004 - general requirements:

Defines the principles of inertia and harmlessness.

The glove must not be likely to:

• Represent a danger to human health
• Modify in an unacceptable way the composition of foodstuffs.
• Modify the organoleptic characteristics of foodstuffs (taste, appearance, colour, consistency)

Defines the requirements for labelling, declaration of conformity and traceability.

2/ The Regulation (EC) N° 2023/2006 of the Commission of December 22, 2006

Good Manufacturing Practices indicating:

• Quality assurance system
• Quality control system
• Documentation demonstrating the conformity and safety of the products

3/ Finally, according to the type of materials:

• Positive list of composition: list of substances that can be used in the composition. It is strictly forbidden to incorporate a substance that is not on the positive list. The manufacturer must check that all the components of the glove are listed.
• Global (stability) and specific (hazardous substances) migration tests.
• Additional tests in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 (organoleptic tests and migration of restricted substances).