{"id":86273,"date":"2023-01-18T20:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/?p=86273"},"modified":"2023-01-18T20:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:37:57","slug":"food-safety-fda-compliance-silicone-seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/education\/food-safety-fda-compliance-silicone-seals\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety, FDA Compliance & Silicone Seals","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When discussing materials used in seal manufacturing, it’s hard to look past silicone seals. This is largely due to the material\u2019s awesome flexibility and high performance under different temperatures and conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous production businesses use silicone seals, including the engineering, food, and medical sectors. The usage of silicone in the food industry is particularly intriguing, given how tightly controlled the sector is<\/a>. It possesses some characteristics that make it almost perfectly suited to use in an industry with such high purity standards. In this article, we’ll look at some of these characteristics and how they make silicone a favorite in the food industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silicone and the Food Industry<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The FDA gives specific requirements<\/a> for the use of rubbers and polymers in the production of indirect food additives. This code title provides the guidelines, standards, and purity requirements for all items made of rubber and its polymers to be used in food production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silicone is one of the few elastomers of rubber that consistently gets the nod for use in food production from the FDA. This is due to its resistance to harmful microorganisms and other impurities, preventing it from reacting with food items it comes into contact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The food industry uses silicone for the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n