The Food Grade Lubricant Working Group within the European Lubricating Grease Institute (ELGI) is on a mission. Lately, some misconceptions have arisen in the marketplace regarding food-safe lubricants, and a few "food scares" have made the headlines. So in July, the working group released a position paper titled "The Selection and Usage of Food Safe Lubricants." Andre Adam, chairman of the working group, who is sales director at Fragol GmbH & Co., hopes that the ELGI position paper will help educate both users and grease manufacturers. Food-safe lubricants are used in facilities that make food products, pharmaceuticals, animal feed, cosmetics, tobacco and food packaging. Adam estimates that the total market size for food-grade lubricants is about 14,000 tonnes peryear. He estimates that 7,000 products are currently registered as food-grade lubricants.
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