Food and Beverage
High-performance sealing solutions, designed for safety, hygiene and reliability in the food and beverage industry.
In food and beverage processing, sealing solutions play a critical role in product safety, equipment reliability and regulatory compliance. We provide high-performance seals designed to meet the strict hygiene, temperature and chemical demands of modern food production.
Quality and compliance
Food processing environments face some of the most stringent requirements imposed by Food Contact Regulations and International Standards. We help you to meet these requirements, by providing a wide variety of approved seals, with guaranteed compliance to the most stringent standards.
Our seals are successfully used in a range of applications within the food sector, including bottling plants, breweries, food processing and other production machinery.
The right seal for the job
We have a range of high-performance sealing solutions designed specifically for food and beverage applications, including O-Rings, Rotary Shaft Seals, Gaskets, Hydraulic Seals, Sanitary Seals, Custom-Moulded Rubber Components and PTFE Seals.
Where traditional sealing materials do not meet the increasing demand for compliance with food standards, we have a wide range of high-performance, high-conformance food grade seals.
Sealing products are available in a range of industry compliant materials, including EPDM, Silicone (VMQ), FKM (Viton®), NBR, PTFE and Metal Detectable, compliant with FDA, EC 1935/2004, EU 10/2011, WRAS, 3A SANITARY, USP CLASS VI and EHEDG Guidelines (more details below).
Depending on your application conditions, i.e., friction, chemical resistance, temperature, we can recommend the best product and material for the environment.
Case studies
Case Study
Description
Food Processing Machinery
M Seals engaged with the engineering manager at a high-profile food manufacturer, who was in search of a new seal supplier to replace their current OEM due to cost, delivery time concerns, suitability for Halal and inadequate certification of the seals.
Seals for a Cocoa Bean Milling Machine
We were asked to assist in the re-sealing of the millwheel’s centre-post. Previous polyurethane seals were inadequate for the job, not suited to the high temperatures, too hard, not flexible enough and the wrong size. Consequently, the seals were not lasting very long and causing damage to the metal sleeve.
Food Contact Regulations and International Standards
Food Regulations in the European Union (Food Contact Materials)
Framework Regulation on Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 Establishes general safety requirements for all food contact materials and articles. Regulation on Good Manufacturing Practice for Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 Sets requirements for good manufacturing practice (GMP) for all food contact materials. Regulation on Plastic Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 Specifies requirements for plastic materials intended for food contact (e.g., PTFE, UHMWPE), including authorized substances, migration limits, and compliance documentation. Food Regulations in Germany
BfR (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Recommendations on Food Contact Materials BfR XXI Requirements for rubber BfR XV Requirements for silicones
Food Regulations in the United States of AmericaFDA , CFR Title 21 (Food and Drug Administration, Code of Federal Regulations) FDA CFR 21 § 177.2600 Rubber article intended for repeated use FDA CFR 21 § 177.1550 Perfluorocarbon resins Food Regulations in the People´s Republic of China
National Food Safety Standards (Regulations) GB 4806.1-2016 General safety requirements for food contact materials and articles GB 4806.6-2016 Food contact plastic resins GB 4806.7-2016 Food contact plastic materials and articles
GB 4806.11-2016 Food contact rubber materials and articles
GB 9685-2016 Use of additives in food contact materials and articles 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc.
3-A® Sanitary Standard for multiple-use rubber, Number 18-03 Material and serviceability requirements of rubber materials intended for multiple use as product contact surfaces in the production of milk and milk products. NSF International Standards
NSF 51 - Food equipment materials Purpose of the standard: establish minimum food protection and sanitation requirements for the materials used in the construction of commercial food equipment. Want to know more?
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