Siegwerk launches Ink Safety Portal and Transparency Label

Consumers are becoming increasingly critical of health-related aspects and personal well-being. This has been fostered by various packaging scandals in the past and present, specifically in terms of food safety. Siegwerk has made ink safety one of its guiding principles: today, the company has an expert team exclusively dedicated to product safety guidance.

Siegwerk’s product safety guidance includes global regulatory initiatives, brand owner requirements and safety and risk assessments targeting raw materials to end use applications. This is not only reflected in the company’s portfolio of safe printing inks, but also in the launch of the new Ink Safety Portal and the roll-out of the Transparency Label.

Siegwerk’s new Ink Safety Portal offers condensed knowledge on crucial Product Safety and Regulatory (PSR) topics with regard to printing ink ingredients, regulatory affairs, exposure assessments and safety evaluations.

This results in a diverse collection of the key elements relating to the subject of safe printing inks and safe food packaging. Siegwerk is thus bundling its expertise, making it available to customers and interested parties.

A central element of the portal is to demonstrate how Siegwerk performs safety evaluations for individual ink ingredients – even down to trace levels and specific packaging applications. Various parameters have to be taken into consideration: intrinsic toxicological properties of the substance, migration behavior, surface/mass (packaging/food) ratio and even food consumption patterns. These types of safety evaluations are especially relevant for substances, which are not in the scope of respective regulations, including NIAS (Non Intentionally Added Substances).

The Transparency Label is applicable for all applications, whether food, ‘food-alike’ (pharma and personal care) or non-food. This includes continued Siegwerk guidance and support for customers on various levels, from individual advice on specific problems to broader training.

‘With our Transparency Label, we are demonstrating our global responsibility regarding product safety as well as regulatory and brand owner requirements. The label stands for our commitment to uncompromising proactive transparency and shared responsibility enabling our customers to print a safe and compliant product and making sure that we deliver what we promise,’ summarized Herbert Forker, CEO at Siegwerk.