Guide to the Supply of Gases for Use in Foods
- Publisher
- European Industrial Gases Association
- Document
- Doc 125/20
- Edition
- Revision of Doc 125/11 (2020)
- Document language
- English
EIGA Doc 125/20 is the companion to the specification document: where Doc 126 says what a food gas has to be, Doc 125 addresses how it is produced, held and delivered without losing that status.
It covers every stage of the supply chain, including production, storage, re-packaging and distribution to the final user, and it applies to food gases supplied in solid, liquid or gaseous form. Gases may be generated on site, delivered as bulk liquid, supplied as compressed cylinder gas, or in the case of carbon dioxide supplied as dry ice.
What the document covers
- Covers production, storage, re-packaging and distribution of food gases to the final customer or consumer.
- Applies to gases used as additives, processing aids and ingredients.
- Built on EU food law, including Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 on general food law, Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 on purity criteria.
- Addresses on site generation, bulk liquid delivery, cylinder supply and dry ice.
What it means for equipment
The practical message for an equipment buyer is that food gas compliance follows the product through the installation, not only through the plant that produced it. Storage vessels, transfer lines and vaporisers at the user site are part of the chain this guide describes.
That is worth remembering when a food or beverage customer asks for the cheapest available tank: the installation has to be defensible against this guide as well as against the pressure equipment rules.