Food safety law to promote ink go green road, the food safety law of the people's Republic of China (2009 June 1 implementation) Article 27 provisions: "food production and business operation should meet the food safety standards, and meet the following requirements... Direct entrance food should have a small package or packaging material, non-toxic, clean tableware; "twenty-eighth regulations" prohibit the production and operation of the following food...... By packing materials, containers, transportation and other contaminated food". And in Article 99 pointed out: "for food packaging materials and containers, packaging, containing food or food additive used for paper, bamboo, wood, metal, enamel, ceramics, plastics, rubber, natural fiber, chemical fiber, glass and other products and direct contact with food or food additives, paint." 

The food safety law also put forward the requirements of food packaging materials, food packaging safety has aroused widespread concern in the country and the public. The ink manufacturers green alliance secretary-general wujianhua accept "I want to print" interview said: "in recent years, by food packaging caused by food safety problems emerge in endlessly, which many events are with ink which is one of the most important packaging material has a direct relationship...." 

The ink is mainly composed of pigment, auxiliary agent, additives, and other components, which can cause the most safety and environmental problem is the pigment and binder. The ink pigment has two kinds, namely, inorganic and organic pigments, its nature is insoluble in water and other media, has the bright color and stability. Some inorganic pigments, containing lead, chromium, mercury and other heavy metals, have certain toxicity; organic pigment containing joint aniline containing carcinogenic ingredients. In addition, most of the traditional ink connection material selection of organic solvent, the organic solvent volatile is quite high, affecting the printing work environment. 

If the use of heavy metals or aniline substances such as printing ink, food packaging bags and residual poison will cause food pollution bag, impact on food hygiene and safety, harmful to human health. Therefore, the food packaging safety is an essential part of food safety, health and safety of the printing ink is directly related to food safety and people's health. The important development trend of packaging and printing materials is the choice of energy-saving, low cost, non-toxic, no pollution, easy degradation of pollution-free packaging materials, and printing ink is which cause more serious pollution of raw materials. Therefore, use of green ink, each manufacturer duty. Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important, food safety has become the focus of global attention and urgent task, and become the guidelines for the development of environmentally friendly ink. In today's environmental awareness gradually enhanced, people on the development of the ink has a higher standard requirements. China's packaging and printing must unswervingly follow the path of green development, ink environmental protection trend. 

To take the path of green development, ink manufacturers are the source of ink environmental protection. Many manufacturers have long been grasp the business opportunities and positive response to the food safety law and market demand, in front of the green benchmark and constantly revised their market positioning, choose non-toxic or non polluting substances as formula for the production of environmentally friendly inks, also brought opportunities and vitality to their own. At the same time, it also can improve the technical content, introduce new technology, adapt to different new materials.