What are the differences between food grade plastic bags and regular plastic bags?

2023-09-18

Plastic bags are a commonly used packaging tool that provides great convenience for people to carry items. In addition, their cheap advantages make them popular among many consumers. Sometimes, we also use plastic bags to package food, but not all plastic bags can be used as food packaging bags. Plastic bags are also divided into food grade and non food grade. Non food grade plastic bags cannot be used to package food, and even food grade bags cannot be used to package food with excessively high temperatures, as high temperatures can damage the stability of the elements inside the plastic bags, leading to the release of some toxic substances.

So, what are the specific differences between food grade plastic bags and regular plastic bags?

  • Raw material

    The raw materials for food grade plastic bags must strictly comply with standards and use brand new materials. For ordinary plastic bags, merchants generally choose to add some other materials or use recycled materials to reduce the cost of plastic bags. So, to distinguish between food grade and non food grade, it usually depends on whether plastic bags use brand new pure ingredients.

  • The production environment

    Food grade plastic bags have a high demand for hygiene, so they must be produced in a dust-free workshop throughout the entire process to ensure product quality. Relatively speaking, ordinary plastic bags do not have this requirement and can be directly produced in ordinary environments.

  • Quality inspection

    As food grade plastic bags require packaging of food, there are strict requirements for the ingredients in them during quality inspection, which directly affects the health of consumers. The quality inspection standards for ordinary plastic bags are relatively loose.

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