Metal tubes

 

National legislation

Regulation on Health Suitability of Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Direct Contact with Food
Official Gazette, No. 125/2009 and 31/2011
 

Act on General Use Good (see Article 49, point 2.)
Official Gazette, No. 39/201347/2014114/2018 and 53/2022


Competent authority

Ministry of Health
Email: helpdesk_sigurnost_hrane@miz.hr
Phone: +385 1 46 07 555
Web: https://zdravlje.gov.hr/

 

Scope of application

Metal tubes in contact with the food

 

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Article 91

Metal aluminium tubes can be made from aluminium or aluminium alloys whose purity must conform with the requirements of European standards and they must be coated with protective varnish.

Protective varnish used to coat the inside of the metal tube must meet the requirements from articles 31 through 71 and article 82 of this Regulation.

Article 92

Sealants for the metal tube lid must be made from a material which does not dissolve in the tube content.

Sealants from paragraph 1 of this article must be applied so that they completely fill and cover the bottom of the lid, and they must not peel of from the lid when the tube is opened.

Metal tube lid, together with the sealant must provide airtight sealing of the tube opening.

 

Market Surveillance Authority

State Inspectorate

pisarnica.dirh@dirh.hr

 

Link to the TRIS database

In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule