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Mineral oil residue in advent calendars can be avoided
There are many sources of mineral oils in food, and they can be reduced or eliminated entirely by taking a number of different measures. One important means is to use mineral oil-free printing inks which can greatly reduce the transfer of mineral oils. Even though technical adjustments to printing machines and inks may be necessary, mineral oil-free inks do not incur any significant additional costs. President Jochen Flasbarth of the Federal Environment Agency is calling for “packaging manufacturers and newspaper printers to make a large-scale switch to mineral oil-free printing inks. This can stop mineral oil from entering the paper cycle directly at the source.“ The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has been using these inks for some time in the sheetfed and heatset offset processes for its printed brochures and flyers - without any sacrifice in quality. read more
