Food Packaging Compliant Black Ink

Domino launches UV97BK, a food packaging compliant UV-curable black ink available for use with its K600i high resolution digital ink-jet printer.

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May 14th, 2020

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Under the right conditions, Domino Printing Sciences' UV97BK ink is migration compliant. Developed in line with Nestlé’s guidance on food packaging inks and being fully compliant with the EuPIA exclusion policy and EuPIA Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), all materials used are listed on the Swiss Ordinance for Food Packaging Inks. It is a non-CMR ink and so, subject to migration status, can comply with the European Union plastic materials and articles intended to be in contact with food regulation.

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