What is food grade or food grade lubricant?

Food Grade Lubricant is a special lubricant for machine in food manufacturing industry because if common lubricant using may be contaminated during the manufacturing and there is chemistry change that causes to produce Dioxin including Furans which has all composition to be similar to Dioxin on property, danger and source. They are chemicals which is stable on soil, undegradable on heat, insoluble on water, but good soluble in fat, so they are collected within tissue of organism.

Danger of Dioxin

Dioxin poisoning by smelling or eating Dioxin contaminated food for a long time until there is over accumulation in the body and causes to diseases such as respiratory tract cancer, cholangio carcinoma, liver cancer including baby disability and abortion’s gravida.

How many type of food grade lubricant?

As for type of Food grade Lubricant, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) started to specify and certify three types of food grade lubricant are as follow : H1: Food grade lubricant which is used for food manufacturing that the lubricant is touchable with the food (but little quantity). H2: A lubricant which is not food grade that is used equipment or machine which is absolutely untouchable with the food. 3H: An eatable food grade lubricant which is used for protect rust of tacks, wheelbarrows or other equipment which is similar them. Afterwards, duty of food grade lubricant control is transferred to NSF International who is international organization on environmental public health, security and protection. For this way, NSF has registration of lubricant and universally announces people to know is H1 and 3H that checks list of food grade lubricants which are confirmed from NSF at www.nsf.org.

Product group of “No-ToxÒ” food grade lubricant

Bel-Ray Inc, is technology leader of non-toxin lubricant, and there is product group of “NSF H-1” No-ToxÒ Food grade Lubricant which is included for pharmaceutical, beverage, bakery, cosmetic, poultry, swine and meat processing industry and other industries which wants to have cleanness. Food Grade Lubricant product group of “No-ToxÒ” food grade lubricant of Bel-Ray Company is copyrighted bill of materials which is mixed food grade anti-microbial and anti-bacterial agent that is certified by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Therefore, Bel-Ray is the first company in Thailand that succeeds to manufacture food grade lubricant which is mixed anti-microbial agent is efficient to control and restrain growth of bacteria, yeast and fungus within NSF-H1 food grade lubricant.

Properties of “No-ToxÒ” food grade lubricant

Every kinds of “No-ToxÒ” Food grade Lubricant are consisted of food grade anti-microbial and anti-bacterial agent, the anti-microbial agent is not an antiseptic or disinfectant, but it can restrain growth of bacteria, yeast and fungus, and control microbial extension, that can summarize their properties to be as follow :

    1. The anti-microbial agent in Bel-Ray No-ToxÒ food grade is a substance for protect microorganisms and bacteria within the lubricant only.
    2. Product of Bel-Ray No-Tox cannot kill microorganisms which are touched on surface of material and has no property for causes to aseptic surface of machine.
    3. The anti-microbial agent in Bel-Ray No-ToxÒ product can protect microbial movement on oil or grease, not to contaminate food or machine fragments in production process.
    4. Product of Bel-Ray No-Tox has no purpose for destroy, obstruct, be harmless, protect and control danger of microorganisms, but it is manufactured for only lubricate machinery in food and beverage industry because the product is not a disinfectant by itself.
    5. Product of Bel-Ray No-Tox is certified its standard by Kosher, Pareve and Halal.