Certification bodies for food-grade lubricants

The National Health Foundation (NSF), founded in 1944, is an independent non-profit NGO. NSF is committed to standard setting, product testing and certification services in the field of public health, safety and environmental protection, and is an authoritative organization in the field of public health and safety. After 1999, NSF took over the safety certification of lubricating oil after USDA, and according to the standards of FDA and USDA, food grade lubricants's finished product testing standards were increased. All products that meet the standards are published through its official website "White Paper".

Management Organization and Standards of Food Lubricants —— History and Present Situation

There are several related regulatory agencies in the food industry. The first is USDA and FDA. 1998 USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) registered non-food mixtures according to food and beverage industry standards. If a lubricant manufacturer needs to register a product used in the food industry, its lubricant manufacturer must prove that all the ingredients of the lubricant meet the FDA's list of permitted substances. The list is provided by FDA in accordance with section 178.3570 of federal law. According to the list of designated raw materials, FDA classifies lubricants into two categories: H 1 grade and H2 grade. When USDA stopped registering lubricants, there was a self-regulatory stage. Lubricant manufacturers provide supporting documents to prove that their products still comply with FDA regulations.

200 1, NSF international organization joined the field, and USDA plans to expand the registration of new H 1 and H2 level lists. Products that meet these principles are collected as patented substances and non-food mixtures in NSF white papers.

There is also a widely circulated standard in this industry: ISO2 1469, which further regulates the management of lubricant manufacturers. The standard covers food, food processing, cosmetics, medicines and animal food industries. Previously, the relevant regulations only involved the formula and application scope of lubricants at the time of lubricant registration. The certification procedure of "ISO2 1469-Equipment Safety-Occasional Contact with Products-Hygienic Requirements" is much more comprehensive than these regulations. The hygienic requirements that should be paid attention to when the lubricant may come into contact with the product in the process of formulation design, production, use and treatment are specified. Certification procedures involve all stages of formulation design, naming, auditing, risk assessment and product testing, covering the whole cycle from lubricant production, storage to use.