Safe Plastic Symbols For Food

In everyday life the plastic has a very important role. Usually encountered as a plastic packaging containers, beverage bottles, furniture, toys. But did you know that not all plastics safe? How to identify a safe plastic? What is the Safe Plastic Symbols For Food?

In general, plastics are classified into 2 kinds of Thermoset and Thermoplastics. Thermoset is a type of plastic that can not be recycled such as melamine, electrical equipment (switches, sockets, etc.). While Thermoplastics are the types of plastic can be recycled as food wrappers, bags plastic, toys (Polyethylene), toys (Polyethylene), etc..

One of good advantages of plastic, is strong, lightweight, flexible, corrosion resistant, heat insulation / electrical good, can also be easily formed to various functions and easy to be color. But besides that, the weakness is also quite a lot of plastic. Some types of plastic can not stand the heat conditioned and include it takes tens to hundreds of years to decompose naturally. Even if not used according to its function, the chemicals contained therein could endanger health.

Therefore, it's very important to know what must be considered to identify a safe plastic containers primarily for the food?

Specially, if you were daily working with food, cooking, culinary, having a cooking courses, cooking class or even if you are just a food addict, culinary addict or food lovers.

Now to select the container of food and beverage packaging is safe is simple enough. This can be seen from standard symbols issued by security authorities institutions, such as the FDA (Food & Drugs Administration), EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), SPI (Society of Plastic Industry).

Then, what symbols should we know and be seen in the plastic packaging? Symbol 'Food Grade' a glass and fork symbols indicating that the container is safe to use for food and beverages. And vice versa if there is a symbol of 'Non-Food Grade' in the form of glass and fork crossed out indicate that we should avoid to use food and beverage containers.

Symbol 'microwave safe' (wavy lines) and the 'oven save' (drawing oven) indicates the containers are safe to use in the microwave and oven for resistance to high temperatures, and vice versa. Whereas the symbol 'freezers save' the image indicates that frost is safe containers used to store food and beverages in a low temperature. Other symbols as for the 'cut-save' (drawing the knife) is intended only as a safe container for cutting food materials.

Considering the price of your health and the family is more expensive and valuable than anything else, start now, please be aware of plastic!