Gloves, when used with food, are part of Materials and Objects intended to Come into contact with Food (MOCA) and are regulated by a specific regulatory framework.
1. Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC;
2. Regulation (EC) 2023/2006/EC of the COMMISSION of 22 December 2006 on Good Manufacturing Practices for Materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 Article 3 stipulates that MOCA must be produced in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices for materials so that, under normal or foreseeable conditions of use, they do not transfer constituents to food in quantities that could endanger human health, bring about an unacceptable change in the composition of the food, or bring about a deterioration in their organoleptic characteristics. Furthermore, Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 identifies provisions for the authorization of new substances, traceability requirements from production to marketing, rules for labeling and declarations of conformity, and that the advertising of a material should not mislead consumers.
