The European Printing Ink Association

The so-called GIO was published in 2021 and sets out rules for printed food packaging in Germany. However, there is a transitional period until 1 January 2026. This period has been set so that manufacturers of chemical substances used in printing inks can still add substances to the   ‘positive list of the ordinance’ To this end, dossiers with toxicological data must be submitted to the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). A pilot project involving VdL, federal ministries and federal authorities has now clarified a number of questions that had remained open in the ordinance.  Also EuPIA experts contributed heavily to the project.  The final report can be found online.  BMEL – Publikationen – Abschlussbericht zum Pilotprojekt „Kostenteilung Unternehmen“ im Rahmen der Erweiterung der Anlage 14 der Bedarfsgegenständeverordnung