Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006Dangos y teitl llawn

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 of 22 December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 3U.K.Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘good manufacturing practice (GMP)’ means those aspects of quality assurance which ensure that materials and articles are consistently produced and controlled to ensure conformity with the rules applicable to them and with the quality standards appropriate to their intended use by not endangering human health or causing an unacceptable change in the composition of the food or causing a deterioration in the organoleptic characteristics thereof;

(b)

‘quality assurance system’ means the total sum of the organised and documented arrangements made with the purpose of ensuring that materials and articles are of the quality required to ensure conformity with the rules applicable to them and the quality standards necessary for their intended use;

(c)

‘quality control system’ means the systematic application of measures established within the quality assurance system that ensure compliance of starting materials and intermediate and finished materials and articles with the specification determined in the quality assurance system;

(d)

‘non-food-contact side’ means the surface of the material or article that is not directly in contact with food;

(e)

‘food-contact side’ means the surface of a material or article that is directly in contact with the food.