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Folding Boxes - Packaging Paper - Specialties
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Pottstown, PA 19464-4954 Tel: (610) 327-4990 |
Cell: (610) 564-7473
Fax: (610) 327-4913 gary@albrightbox.com |
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Special Finishing for Paperboard Boxes |
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Special Finishing on paperboard boxes exist for various purposes from eye appeal to safety requirements.
FDA Approved Packaging and Corresponding FDA Approved Ink Paperboard boxes sometimes require FDA approved packaging and corresponding FDA approved ink when the packaging or box will be in direct contact with food. FDA approved packaging and FDA approved inks for paperboard boxes are edible. The FDA approved ink is often made with a soy oil base or a peanut oil base. |
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Use of Non-toxic printing ink that is FDA approved for packaging and USDA approved for packaging for direct, indirect, and minimal contact with food, allergenicity, hypersensitivity, and other national regulatory agency requirements is available through Albright Paper & Box. Albright Paper & Box can provide printing with ink that is guaranteed in writing for applications where the dried ink film will contact food. The ink used for this purpose comes from the same company that provides the pigmentation for pills taken orally. These inks are used for Food and Confectionary packaging, Novelty packaging, and Medial/Pharmaceutical packaging. They are well suited for patient- package-inserts. We can get customers access to the FDA Drug Master File with specific references and listing from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 21. We can also provide inks that have anti-microbial protection of AgION Silver Ion Technology, that can prolong shelf life and maintain safety. This ink is manufactured in a dedicated facility to avoid cross-contamination. Albright Paper & Box also has access to EPA compliant blister packaging. This ink employs the lowest odor raw material appropriate to the application. The FDA approves ingredients not specific products. These chemicals are placed on a GRAS list. (Generally Recognized As Safe) As such Albright Paper & Box finds ink to use to print your packaging product not only inks for boxes that are produced with approved ingredients but inks for boxes that are specific for use with the type of food that your package might come in contact with. Using safe ingredients should keep your food edible, but not necessarily aesthetically pleasing, as you would not want the ink to "bleed" onto your food. These types of ink are the same inks and or pigments used to give pills color. They are safe to eat but they are very expensive. Another scenario to consider is the use of a barrier between the food and the ink. This could incorporate the use of a separate package such as a bag or it could be a coating applied on the package between the food and the printing such as a laminate or a coating. |
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Metal Foil Sometimes metal foil will be stamped onto a paperboard box to make the graphics more noticeable. Usually this will be a gold or silver foil. In addition the box can be embossed for added effect. There is also special silver ink that gives a look similar to foil but is less expensive in some cases. |
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