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Ensure you're using food grade containers this Christmas

We're all using plastic containers over the party season, whether its in preparing the Christmas feast or washing it down with a cocktail bucket, so ensure they're safe to use.
At this time of year people are mixing up all manner of magical grub and grog.  Whether for festive parties or for the family, we all suddenly become junior Jamie’s… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/ensure-youre-using-food-grade-containers-this-christmas/

What constitutes ‘Food Grade’ plastic?

Read what differentiates food grade plastic from your run of the mill bucket - may be of particular interest to home brewers.
If you’ve had a fairly broad skim through the blog postings on the H&O site, you’ll have discovered some of the many multifarious uses of plastic buckets and… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/what-constitutes-food-grade-plastic/

What are ‘Food Grade’ Plastic containers?

Worldwide food standards agencies require that plastics used in the packaging of food are far purer than plastics used for non-food packaging, hence the ‘food grade plastic’. Only plastics used to package pharmaceuticals have to meet higher standards.
Worldwide food standards agencies require that plastics used in the packaging of food are far purer than plastics used for non-food packaging, hence the ‘food grade… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/what-are-food-grade-plastic-containers1/