Foodclean big bags
Packaging for foodstuffs in line with European regulations: migration-tested fabric and liners, clean-room discipline in the sewing plant and inspection of every finished bag.
Quick facts
- HACCP and ISO 22000:2018 certified production
- Regulation (EC) 1935/2004, 10/2011 and 2023/2006
- Migration analysis on fabric and inliners
- Light-table inspection and metal detection of finished bags
- No recycled plastics, full traceability
Foodclean big bags are FIBC intended for direct contact with food. DIV Trades produces them in Serbia in a HACCP and ISO 22000:2018 certified plant from virgin polypropylene, with migration-tested fabric and inliners that comply with Regulation (EC) 1935/2004, 10/2011 and 2023/2006. Customers fill them with refined sugar, milk powder, flour, starch and other foodstuffs; around 800,000 of the 2 million big bags DIV Trades makes a year go to the European sugar industry.
Food standards and regulations
The big bag and fabric production of DIV Trades is certified under the food safety systems HACCP and ISO 22000:2018 by CERTOP CO d.o.o. We perform migration analysis of our fabrics and inliners to prove compliance with the relevant limits. Our foodclean big bags, fabric and all raw materials comply with the following regulations:
- Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
- Regulation (EC) 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
- Regulation (EC) 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended for food contact
- Directive 82/711/EEC and amendments: basic rules for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials intended for food contact
- Directive 85/572/EEC and amendments: list of simulants for migration testing of plastic materials intended for food contact
- Local Serbian food-contact regulations
Certificates can be downloaded from our downloads page; the full management system is described under quality management.
How a foodclean big bag is produced
Certificates and laboratory tests cover quality management and the migration behavior of the plastics. On top of that, DIV Trades applies production measures that keep the finished bag clean:
- Fully vertically integrated plant: extrusion, weaving, coating and sewing in-house, so quality is controlled along the complete chain.
- No recycled plastics are used.
- Fabric and big bags never touch the floor.
- Broken glass hazard policy throughout the plant.
- Uncoated fabric is ultrasonic cut or hot cut, which eliminates loose threads; thread ends are heat cut.
- Employees wear hair nets, wash their hands before entering the sewing plant and are trained regularly.
- Seams can be placed on the outside of the FIBC so no stitching faces the product.
- Inside vacuum cleaning of every big bag.
Inspection of finished bags
- Visual inspection on a light table
- Metal detection to find broken needles
- Finished bales wrapped in stretch foil and protected with a PP hood
- Full product traceability from raw material to delivered bale
DIV Trades is audited regularly by leading international food producers. If you intend to buy our big bags, or already do, you are welcome to visit the production in Bačka Palanka at any time to perform your own audit; contact our sales team to arrange a date.
Typical constructions for food products
Crystal sugar
Standard four-loop bag with inlet and outlet spout and seams with one sealing strip. The construction DIV Trades produces around 800,000 times a year for the sugar industry.
Flour and processed cereals
Two sealing strips, the most common dustproof level, with spout inlet and outlet.
Milk powder and starch
Three sealing strips or a PE inliner, often as a formstable Q-bag for stable palletized storage. See big bags with inliners.
Foodclean production can be combined with any other type: conductive bags for flammable food powders, UN bags and Q-bags. The dustproof level is explained under dustproof and sewing.
Are DIV Trades big bags certified for food contact?
Yes. Big bag and fabric production is certified under HACCP and ISO 22000:2018 by CERTOP CO d.o.o., and migration tests confirm compliance with Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 and 10/2011.
Is recycled material used in foodclean bags?
No. Foodclean big bags are made from virgin polypropylene fabric and virgin LDPE liners only.
How are finished food-grade bags checked?
Finished bags are vacuum cleaned inside, inspected on a light table and passed through metal detection to find broken needles. Bales are wrapped in stretch foil and a PP hood.
Can I audit the production?
Yes. DIV Trades is audited regularly by international food producers and welcomes customer audits at the plant in Bačka Palanka.
Which dustproof level do food products need?
Crystal sugar is usually packed with one sealing strip, flour with two, and milk powder or starch with three sealing strips or a PE inliner.
Request a quote for food-grade big bags
Tell us the foodstuff, the dustproof level you need and your filling equipment and we will send a specification, certificates and a price.
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