DT16.00
First edition
Published on: 15/11/2021

Hygiene precautions - Recommendations for glass containers manufacturers

Scope of application

Where glass containers are being produced for the packaging of food, drink or pharmaceutical products the following hygiene precautions are recommended for consideration by glass manufacturers who do not already have equivalent and established Company rules on hygiene and where there is no relative legislation.
 

Table of contents

1. Scope
2. Recommendations
2.1 Hygiene Awareness
2.2 Clothing
2.3 Smoking
2.4 Eating and drinking
2.5 Cuts and injuries
2.6 Transmitted diseases
2.7 Restroom and toilet facilities
2.8 Cleanliness of packaging materials
History
First edition: 01/2000
Revision I: 07/2016
Revision II: 2022 
The data sheet has been removed at the request of Cetie's member glassmakers. 

Contributors

ARDAGH GLASS, BA GLASS PORTUGAL, BRITISH GLASS, BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE , CAN PACK, CSVMF, ENCIRC GLASS, GERRESHEIMER BELGIUM, HEINZ GLAS GERMANY, O-I MANUFACTURING FRANCE, O-I MANUFACTURING ITALY, O-I MANUFACTURING UK, SAVERGLASS FRANCE, STOELZLE-OBERGLAS, VERALLIA FRANCE, VERALLIA GERMANY, VETROPACK HOLDING, VIDRALA, WIEGAND-GLASHUTTENWERKE

Document under responsibility of working group:

Glass wg1+4
WG chair: Arnaud JANIN - VERALLIA FRANCE

This permanent group is dedicated to a wide range of topics downstream of the production of glass bottles and jars dedicated to the food and beverage industries:

  • Surface treatments, marking, labelling;
  • Testing methods (impact, headspace, internal pressure, etc.);
  • Nomenclatures (of finishes, jars, bottles, and visual defects, etc.);
  • Quality management (food and beverage safety, best practices, regulations).
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