Introduction Corrugated cardboard has a variety of applications in the field of packaging and in food transport. The main advantages are the low cost, availability, ease of formation, and the short life cycle, due to degradation of the paper. The properties of the corrugated cardboard as packing material, may be altered depending on the production process, and with the addition of chemicals to improve the sheet fabrication. Control Body - EFET The Uniform Food Authority (EFET) is the body which carries out regular, and post a complaint, controls on food safety. These controls relate to food businesses involved in manufacturing, processing, packaging, storing, transporting, distributing or offering for sale or supply to the consumer, food products, traded - imported or exported - through our country. The purpose of these checks is to verify compliance with national and EU legislation and regulations. Thus to ensure the protection of the health and economic interests of consumers. Materials in contact with food - Corrugated packaging The general direction for packaging, transport and storage of food, focuses that the packaging material must not:   endanger human health generate an unacceptable change in the composition of the food products or a deterioration in its organoleptic characteristics. Precisely, producers and processors of corrugated board are in a low risk business class for food safety and the hazards they face are:   Natural hazards: transfer of foreign body of the paper and its production process in the food. Chemical risks: from the possible use of non-approved raw materials (paper, paints, adhesives, varnishes, etc.) The paper food packages are divided into two categories: A. Retail packaging that comes in direct contact with food as primary packaging. (e.g. pizza box) B. Packing for transport and delivery of products that comes into direct contact with units of packaged products as secondary packaging. (e.g. carton packed juices) Both types of packaging must not transfer their constituents to foodstuffs in unacceptable amount nor cause any alteration of its nature (texture, smell, etc.). The transmission of any component to the foodstuff is called migration and depends on both the nature of the packaging material and the food category. For the purpose of sampling and risk analysis of packaging, EFET separates food into five main categories:      Aqueous foods (foods with aqueous ph> 4,5) Acidic foods (foods with aqueous ph <4,5) Alcoholic foods Fatty Foods Dry Food It is evident that in the majority of food categories, corrugated cardboard play the role of the secondary packaging and the food is primarily protected from possible migration or alteration through plastic, aluminum, paper or a combination of the above packaging. The risk of migration in this case is small, but cannot be excluded, as the non-migration of chemicals from the paperboard to the food itself, is not specified. On the other hand, the growing use of corrugated cardboard packaging for fast food products (eg pizza, burgers, etc.) and for the majority of fruit and vegetables, requires the adoption of strict conditions and practices throughout the production process. VIOKYT PACKAGING SA The company, under Quality Control System, commits management and employees to maintain, implement, and constantly update an Integrated Quality & Environmental Management System in accordance with the requirements of international standards ISO 9001: 2008 and 14001: 2004 respectively. Furthermore, the company, in the application of basic principles of food safety, complies with National and European legislation and regulations, alongside a series of preventive and interventional measures throughout the production process:      Cooperation with suppliers of raw materials whose products are approved for food packaging. Moreover for corrugated products intended for primary packaging, a certificate is required for compliance with direct food contact. These certificate indicates clearly the category or categories suitable for primary food contact. It is mandatory that the certificates state the standard methodology under which the tests have been performed by the independent bodies, on behalf of the supplier, and the validity period. Adoption of principles for health and safety at work Procedures for production tracking Ongoing monitoring and corrective actions in the event of deviations The increased use of recycled paper in the cardboard packaging, has led us in the necessity of systematic evaluation of raw paper and suppliers. In order to exclude the risk of contaminants of the recycled paper due to prior use, we cooperate with accredited bodies which perform all the necessary chemical analyzes, on our behalf, such as the concentrations of heavy metals, allergens, photoinitiators, phthalates, pentachlorophenol, dioxins (PCDD / PCDF / PCB) etc., odor controls or taste transfer. Above measures ensure the effective implementation of all essential safeguards to protect the end consumer. Appendix - Guide legislation Where legislation exists for food contact, packaging material or its components the following order complies: • European legislation for food contact (EU Directives 1935/2004, 2023/2006) and relevant national legislation (Code for food & Drink -Articles 9,21,24- European legislation) • Where the European legislation is imperfect, national legislation of EU Member States applies, taking into account the following: - The Member State that the producer is based The Member State where the product is packaged The Member State sold Adequacy of existing legislation The principle of mutual recognition Where the European legislation and the legislation of the Member States is incomplete, it may refer to the following instructions or recommendations for compliance: • Decisions from the Scientific Committee for Food SCF and the European Food Safety Authority ESFA • National decisions (Recommendations BfR XXXVI) • National legislation outside the EU (FDA (176.170, 176.180), Swiss Legislation) • Rulings of the European Council • Related and possibly officially recognized industry practices and standards, which issued by European associations, including CIP and forbidden lists CEPE / EuPIA, the guide of EuPIA inks applied on the side, not in contact with the food, and the CIP of EAA for aluminum alloys which are intended for direct food contact. References 1. Food Packaging, National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, 2009 2. Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - developments in legislation, State General Laboratory, Dr. Eugenia Lambi 3. Safety materials in contact with foodstuffs - State General Laboratory 4. Guide to Good Practices for the production of flexible packaging materials – FSA 5. Portal www.efet.gr