Regulatory Compliance

Food contact

StyroChem® cup grades comply with the Code of Federal Regulations title 21, section 177.1640 (polystyrene) and 178.3010 (pentane blowing agents) as governed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

StyroChem® cup grades comply with European Union food contact regulations including Framework Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 and Directive 2002/72/EC.

Letters of no objection have been issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency covering all of StyroChem®’s cup grades. (Need to find listing on their website if it exists.)

Other

• StyroChem® EPS modified grade products such as MA500, MB500, MC500, MB590, and MC590 meet the physical property requirements of ASTM C-578.
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• They also comply with surface burning characteristics of ASTM E-84.
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• ICC Evaluation Service report ER 5687 contains specific code compliance criteria for StyroChem® EPS.
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• EPS foams manufactured from the above products meet UL 94 classification requirements and have obtained a HF-1 or HF-2 rating as described in UL listing E93815.
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REACH is a new law entered into force on June 1, 2007 by the European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006). It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances. See attached Chemservice document dated October 6, 2008.

In regards to Metal Toxics in Packaging Legislation (CONEG), be advised that based on the information available to us from our raw material suppliers, the current products offered in the StyroChem®’s product lines do not contain as intentional additives, cadmium and its compounds, hexavalent chromium compounds, lead and its compounds and mercury and its compounds at a total concentration of 100 ppm or higher.