Certificates and compliance

Certifications and Food-Contact Compliance — What We Actually Hold

Q: What BRCGS grade do you hold?

Grade B under Issue 7, audited by TUV SUD, valid to July 2027. The scale runs AA down to D. B is a passing grade, not the top one, and we state it as issued rather than rounding it up.

Our factory holds BRCGS Packaging Materials (Issue 7, Grade B, audited by TÜV SÜD), an SGS test report against FDA 21 CFR 177.1520, EU food-contact testing to (EC) 1935/2004 and (EU) No 10/2011, and a Sedex SMETA 4-pillar audit by Intertek. What no factory certificate can cover is your finished pack in your market — that line is drawn clearly below.

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The list

The documents we hold

Document	Issued or tested by	What it covers	Status
BRCGS Packaging Materials, Issue 7, Grade B Cert. 12 021 69556 TMS	TÜV SÜD	Hygiene, traceability and quality management in how packaging is made	Valid to Jul 2027
FDA 21 CFR 177.1520 test report (retort pouches)	SGS	Olefin polymer materials — the polyolefin sealing layer inside a pouch	Tested Jan 2025 — passed
EU food-contact test report	Third-party laboratory	(EC) 1935/2004 framework and (EU) No 10/2011 migration limits	Passed
Sedex SMETA 4-pillar audit	Intertek	Labour · Health & safety · Environment · Business ethics	2026 audit · Sedex registered
ISO 9001 quality management Cert. 46625Q111306R0S · issued 11 Dec 2025 · valid to 10 Dec 2028	Shenzhen Zhongxin	The management system the above sit inside, audited at our Huizhou plant	Certified
BPA-free reports	—	Bisphenol A status of the film supplied	Available on request
German LUCID packaging register	—	Registration under the German Packaging Act (VerpackG)	Registered

Also maintained: FDA 21 CFR 177 compliance and (EC) 1935/2004 & (EU) 2020/1245 compliance. Full reports are available on request — tell us the market you sell in and what you pack.

As issued

The certificates, as issued

BRCGS Packaging Materials certificate issued by TUV SUD — BRCGS Packaging Materials — TÜV SÜDCert. 12 021 69556 TMS · Site 10008782 · valid to 26 Jul 2027

SGS test report for FDA 21 CFR 177.1520 compliance — FDA 21 CFR 177.1520 — SGS

EU food contact test report under Regulation No 10/2011 — (EC) 1935/2004 & (EU) No 10/2011 — third-party lab

SMETA 4-Pillar audit report details by Intertek — SMETA 4-pillar audit — Intertek

The BRCGS certificate is issued to Huizhou Foraypack Co., Ltd. — our production plant in Qiuchang, Huiyang District, Huizhou (BRCGS Site code 10008782, certificate registration 12 021 69556 TMS, audited by TÜV SÜD, valid to 26 July 2027). Sales, sampling and export run from Shenzhen Sainsun Packaging Co., Ltd. in Pingshan, Shenzhen. Two legal entities, one operation: you are quoting with the office and producing with the plant.

In plain language

What each one actually means for your pouch

BRCGS Packaging Materials — Issue 7, Grade B

A factory certificate, not a product certificate. It audits how packaging is made: hygiene of the production environment, hazard analysis, traceability of the film and ink that went into a run, and whether the quality system is actually followed. The grading scale runs from AA down to D — Grade B is a passing grade, not the top one, and we state it as issued rather than rounding it up.

FDA 21 CFR 177.1520 — SGS, Jan 2025

21 CFR 177.1520 covers olefin polymers — the polypropylene and polyethylene resins that form the inner sealing layer of a pouch. The report was issued by SGS against retort pouch structures, the hardest case: retort means the pack is heated to sterilise the contents, so the film has to hold up under heat as well as contact. It does not certify your finished printed pouch with your product in it.

EU food contact — (EC) 1935/2004 and (EU) No 10/2011

1935/2004 is the framework rule: materials must not transfer anything to food in quantities that could harm health or change the food. 10/2011 is the implementing rule for plastics — an overall migration limit of 10 mg per dm² of contact surface, plus specific migration limits for listed substances, tested against food simulants. Our report was run by a third-party laboratory and passed, and our documentation tracks the (EU) 2020/1245 amendments.

Sedex SMETA 4-pillar — Intertek

SMETA is the ethical-trade audit format; 4-pillar means labour, health and safety, environment and business ethics were all in scope. UK and EU retail buyers are usually asked for this by their own customer. We are Sedex registered, so a member can pull the current audit rather than rely on an emailed PDF that may be out of date.

ISO 9001, BPA-free reports, German LUCID

ISO 9001 is the quality management system underneath everything above. The certificate is held by our plant, Huizhou Foraypack Co., Ltd. — certificate no. 46625Q111306R0S, issued 11 December 2025 by Shenzhen Zhongxin Certification & Testing, valid to 10 December 2028. BPA-free reports cover the film we run. LUCID is the German packaging register under the Packaging Act (VerpackG) — if you distribute in Germany your own registration obligation is separate, and our registration number is available if your German importer needs it for their filing.

The line we draw

What we cannot certify for you

Migration under your product. Migration depends on what you fill, how long it sits and at what temperature. Our reports cover the material; testing your product in the pack is your step.
Label content for your market. Nutrition panels, allergen declarations and claim wording change by country. We print exactly what you specify; the sign-off is the brand's.
Process validation for retort and microwave. Cycle validation is done on the filled, sealed pack with your retort or microwave profile.
Organic, kosher, halal or compostable claims. Those certify a product and its whole chain. We do not hold them, and we will not let a pouch imply a certification it does not have.
Your own importer obligations. EU responsible person, FDA food facility registration, your own LUCID filing — these sit with the importer of record.

Testing

What we test, and what you can ask a lab for

What is measured	Standard	Why it matters
Seal strength	ASTM F88	Whether the seal holds, measured as force per width
Leaks and pinholes	ASTM D3078	Bubble-emission test — the standard way to find a channel leak
Water vapour transmission (WVTR)	ASTM F1249	How fast moisture gets in — the number that decides shelf life for dry goods
Oxygen transmission (OTR)	ASTM D3985	How fast oxygen gets in — the number behind coffee, pet food and nut shelf life

In our own QC lab, seal strength, drop and boil tests run on every batch before it leaves. See the QC lab on the factory tour.

With your order

What travels with your shipment

The film structure and thickness actually used on your run
A food-contact compliance statement for the material supplied
BPA-free report for the film
Copies of the certificates on this page

Ask for documents at quote stage, not after shipping. What we can issue is confirmed in writing with your quote, so there is no gap between what you expected and what arrives with the cartons.

The factory

Behind the documents

Shenzhen Sainsun Packaging runs a 10,103 m² facility with 10 production lines covering printing, lamination, slitting, bag-making and quality control. A team of 65 includes 3 R&D engineers and 4 dedicated QA/QC inspectors who sit inside the production flow rather than only at the end. The on-time dispatch rate recorded by Alibaba's platform from actual export orders is 97.4%, audited by SGS through its onsite inspection programme — a platform figure, not a self-reported one. Exporting since 2017.

FAQ

Certificate Questions Buyers Ask

Are your pouches FDA approved?

The material is: our olefin polymer structures were tested by SGS against FDA 21 CFR 177.1520 (retort pouches, Jan 2025) and passed. FDA does not approve finished packaging as such — for a specific product in a specific pack, migration testing on the finished pack is your own step. We send the SGS report on request.

Are your pouches food grade?

Yes for the material. Our film passes EU food-contact testing to (EC) 1935/2004 and (EU) No 10/2011, run by a third-party lab, and the factory holds BRCGS Packaging Materials Issue 7 Grade B. Tell us what you pack and where you sell, and we confirm the structure and the documents in your quote.

What BRCGS grade do you hold?

Grade B under Issue 7, audited by TÜV SÜD, valid to July 2027. The scale runs AA down to D — B is a passing grade, not the top one, and we state it as issued rather than rounding it up.

Do you have a Sedex or SMETA audit?

Yes. A SMETA 4-pillar audit (labour, health and safety, environment, business ethics) was carried out by Intertek in 2026, and we are Sedex registered, so members can pull the audit directly instead of relying on an emailed PDF.

Can you certify my pack for retort or microwave use?

We supply film and pouches built to the temperature and barrier spec you give us, and the material carries the SGS retort-pouch report. Cycle validation itself is done on the filled, sealed pack with your retort or microwave profile — that is your process to validate.

Can I get the certificate PDFs before I order?

Yes. Send the market you sell in and what you are packing, and we send the matching reports, usually the same day. If we do not hold a document you need, we say so rather than sending something close.

Next step

Ask for the reports

Send two things — the market you sell in, and what you are packing. We reply with the matching PDFs, usually the same day.

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Last updated: October 23, 2026

Beyond certificates: see our third-party lab test data & granted patents — actual migration and solvent-residue results from production samples.