ARSO/TC 14, Food packaging and labelling

Scope

Standardisation of packaging and labelling of foods including standards on migration from plastics, metal release, paper and board in contact with foodstuffs, reuse, recycling and disposal of materials related to food packaging. The standards may include terminology, codes of practices, specifications, classifications, guides, dimensions, marking, quality and performance requirements, test methods and impact of packaging and packaging materials on health and the environment (air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna and human and their interactions).

Equivalent Committees:

• ISO/TC 122, Packaging; CEN/TC 261, Packaging ISO/TC 313, Packaging machinery; CEN/TC 146, Packaging machines – Safety
• CCFL, Codex Committee on Food Labelling
• CCFICS, Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
• CEN/SS T14, Packaging

Participating Member States: (15) Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and 2 (O) IGAD, Zanzibar

This committee contributes with XX standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals: