Systems

BoFood® MH CMS Mixing System

migration harmless

This series meets product wise all three requirements on food packaging. These are:

  • Scent reduced,
  • swelling reduced and
  • migration reduced/harmless

BoFood® MH CMS inks are migration harmless. This means that in contrast to traditional low migration systems they show absorption and therefore a physical drying. Typographical they are therefore clearly superior to the classical low migration systems. And yet they fulfil all legal requirements in terms of food safety as the absorbing and therefore potential migrating components are foodstuffs or food additives themselves. This enables the usage of BoFood® MH CMS ink also for the production of primary food packaging. The requirement of scent reduction calls for binding agents which do not comply with the common demands for rub resistance. Therefore dispersion varnishing is strictly necessary for all printing jobs with BoFood® MH CMS. The principal application is mainly the printing of primary packaging for flavour sensitive filling.

Properties

Scent reduced yes
Swelling reduced yes
Migration harmless yes

Due to these properties all requirements towards total migration (< 60 ppm) as well as the specific migration (< 10 ppb) for non-evaluated substances can be fulfilled product wise. A barrier coating in order to comply with the legal demands of the regulation 1935/2004 EG is not necessary product wise.

Mineral oil free yes
Absorption yes
Primary food packaging appropriate
Dispersion varnishing necessary

Conformity with 1935/2004 EG

The confirmation of an independent institute in regard to conformity of printing with BoFood® MH inks is available.

Light Fastness Alcohol Solvent Mixture Alcali Opacity Dispersions varnish
BoFood® MU CMS Yellow 121250 5 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Yellow 121251 6 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Yellow 121252 7 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Orange 121253 6 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Orange 121254 7 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Red 121255 5 + − + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Red 121256 7 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Red 121257 5 + + − l +
BoFood® MU CMS Red 121258 6 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Purple 121259 7 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Violett 121260 7 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Blue 121261 8 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Green 121262 8 + + + l +
BoFood® MU CMS Black 121263 8 + + + d +
BoFood® MU CMS Trans.-White 121264 l +

+ = yes, − = no, l = transparent, d = opaque, ld = slightly opaque, bd = conditionally

Fastness properties according to:
Lightfastness: ISO 12040:1998-01
Alcohol/Sprit: ISO 2836
Solvent Mixture/Nitro: ISO 2836
Alcali/Alkali: ISO 2836

Note: This technical description is intended to inform and advise you. It corresponds to our current state of knowledge. However, since the specific application depends on a number of factors over which we have no influence, no guarantee and liability for the pressure failure can be derived.