UV/EB inks seem to do it all, but will they ever become FDA-approved for direct food packaging?

By Missy Smith

According to Duncan, there are three instances in which printed inks are suitable for direct food contact. “One way is for all the components of the ink to be explicitly listed in the FDA section of CFR21 (or other sections of the CFR referenced within CFR21). There are no UV- (or EB-) curable raw materials (monomers, oligomers, or photoinitiators) listed there. So, that approach is out for UV/EB products.”