The Burgo Group plant in Toscolano Maderno, Italy, has achieved UNI EN 15593:2008 certification for “Management of hygiene in the production of packaging for foodstuffs”.

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Burgo's Toscolano Maderno paper mill achieves UNI EN 15593:2008 certification

Oct 21, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. The Burgo Group plant in Toscolano Maderno, Italy, has achieved UNI EN 15593:2008 certification for “Management of hygiene in the production of packaging for foodstuffs”, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The Toscolano paper mill is now able to guarantee, with the seal of approval of an external certification agency SGS: that its products conform to the legal requirements applicable for food safety; the possibility of accessing markets where this standard is adopted as a selection criterion for packaging suppliers; the protection of the image of those who market food products.

This major achievement guarantee the safety of a food for the consumer’s benefit, all along the chain, from the producer to the person marketing it; it comes after the certification obtained by the Treviso mill (in Mignagola di Carbonera) in 2010, the first Italian paper mill to have achieved UNI EN 15593:2008, and by Chiampo mill (in Vicenza) in 2011.

The range of specialty papers produced by the Toscolano mill has been recently developed and it offers a wide choice of one-side coated papers for labels and packaging designed for the food and beverage industry, alongside the traditional production of twosides coated woodfree papers for the publishing market.