OKS food grade lubricants can be used in all areas where people
come into contact with lubricants. This is much more than the food and drink industry.
Typical users include:
- Manufacturers of food packaging
- Machinery and equipment manufacturers for the food industry
- Logistics centres for food
- Manufacturers of household products such as ovens and refrigerators
- Toy industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
With OKS speciality lubricants you are on the safe side.
At present, there is no binding European or international legislation for food grade lubricants.
Food technology and related activities therefore mainly follow the US regulations, which are considered the most stringent in the world.
Positive list from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
This list, which is recognised worldwide, contains all substances allowed in food grade lubricants.
The White Paper published by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) lists all lubricants tested by the NSF.
You can find them under www.nsf.org in the chapter "Nonfood Compounds Listings Directory", organised by company name.
The classification NSF H1 stands for lubricants that may be used when food contact cannot be excluded in hazardous situations.
Under NSF H2 summarises the lubricants that may be used when food contact is technically excluded.
EC Directive 93/43/EEC (from 14 June 1993).
This Directive prescribes how food processors should use the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) method. This preventive system ensures that all contamination-relevant steps in a food manufacturing process can be identified and monitored. This Directive does not prescribe the content of food grade lubricants, but the HACCP approach covers the handling of food grade lubricants.
Here you can read more about OKS speciality lubricants for food applications
Please contact our product specialist Mats-Inge Ericsson 0708-887801 for more information.
