Mountain Environmental Details the SGS Chemical Compliance Evidence EU Packaging Importers Now Need Under the PPWR
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applied from 12 August 2026, shifting the compliance question for food-contact packaging from recyclability to provable chemical conformity. Mountain Environmental's bagasse coated tray has been tested by SGS against the regulation's PFAS, total fluorine, bisphenol A and phthalate restrictions.
Baoding, China, September 18, 2026 --(PR.com)-- The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2025/40, became applicable across the Union on 12 August 2026. It entered into force on 11 February 2025, and after an 18-month transition the core obligations are now live.
The regulation rewrites the rules for items that touch a product: recyclability-by-design, mandatory recycled content, and strict limits on substances of concern in packaging, including PFAS, total fluorine, bisphenols and heavy metals.
For importers and brand owners, the operative question has shifted from recyclability to demonstrable chemical conformity.
What the PPWR Requires Chemically
Under the substance-of-concern framework, food-contact packaging placed on the EU market must demonstrate conformity with a series of chemical restrictions. In practice this means verifying total fluorine and PFAS limits; restricted per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under REACH, including long-chain PFCAs and PFHxA, and under the EU POPs Regulation, covering PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS; bisphenol A under REACH Annex XVII; and phthalates under REACH entries 51 and 52.
The burden of proof sits with the economic operator placing the packaging on the market, and market surveillance bodies and retailers increasingly ask for the report itself.
The Evidence: SGS Report QDHL260600954101CW
Mountain Environmental's bagasse coated tray, identified on the test record as BAGASSE COATED TRAY, has been tested by SGS against the EU chemical restriction set. Report QDHL260600954101CW, issued 2 July 2026, returned Pass or Non-Detected on every applicable parameter: bisphenol A under REACH Annex XVII entry 66; C9-C14 perfluorocarboxylic acids under REACH Article 68, limit 25 micrograms per kilogram; PFHxA under REACH Article 79, same limit; phthalates under REACH entries 51 and 52; PFHxS under EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2023/1608; PFOA and PFOS under EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2025/718; total fluorine content under PPWR Article 5(5); and a full 725-substance PFAS scan, all Non-Detected.
One Report, Full Chemical Coverage
Rather than assembling certificates from different laboratories on different dates, a single SGS report covers the chemical-restriction surface of the PPWR for this product: PFAS at every level, the total-fluorine requirement under Article 5(5), and bisphenol A and phthalates under REACH Annex XVII. For a compliance officer the document carries a named report number, a clear issue date, a defined sample and unambiguous Pass or Non-Detected results on every row.
Points of Precision
The report covers chemical compliance for the bagasse coated tray. It is one component of full PPWR conformity, which also includes recyclability, labelling and extended producer responsibility obligations that apply at the packaging level.
The tested product is a coated, laminated bagasse tray. The functional coating is engineered to keep total plastic content below 5%, which allows classification as fiber-based packaging under EU tax and regulatory frameworks. Report QDHL260600954101CW covers the specific sample and configuration tested, and new product variants should be re-verified accordingly.
What European Buyers Should Verify
Buyers sourcing foodservice packaging should request the laboratory report itself rather than a summary, and confirm that the named report number and the sample description match the product being purchased. Partial coverage is partial risk, so the report should address total fluorine under PPWR Article 5(5), the REACH and POPs PFAS entries, bisphenol A and phthalates.
About Mountain Environmental
Mountain Environmental (mountainhb; Hebei Mountain Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.) supplies fiber-based bagasse food packaging: laminated trays with plastic content below 5%, and non-laminated products made of 100% bagasse fiber. Its bagasse coated tray is SGS-tested with total fluorine below 10ppm (report QDHL260600954101CW, issued 2026-07-02), and the range holds industrial composting certification (BPI / TUV OK Compost Industrial / ABAP) together with FDA, LFGB, BRC, ISO 9001/14001/45001 and BSCI certification, aligned with EU SUPD requirements.
The SGS report QDHL260600954101CW is available alongside product samples at www.mountain-bio.com.
The regulation rewrites the rules for items that touch a product: recyclability-by-design, mandatory recycled content, and strict limits on substances of concern in packaging, including PFAS, total fluorine, bisphenols and heavy metals.
For importers and brand owners, the operative question has shifted from recyclability to demonstrable chemical conformity.
What the PPWR Requires Chemically
Under the substance-of-concern framework, food-contact packaging placed on the EU market must demonstrate conformity with a series of chemical restrictions. In practice this means verifying total fluorine and PFAS limits; restricted per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under REACH, including long-chain PFCAs and PFHxA, and under the EU POPs Regulation, covering PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS; bisphenol A under REACH Annex XVII; and phthalates under REACH entries 51 and 52.
The burden of proof sits with the economic operator placing the packaging on the market, and market surveillance bodies and retailers increasingly ask for the report itself.
The Evidence: SGS Report QDHL260600954101CW
Mountain Environmental's bagasse coated tray, identified on the test record as BAGASSE COATED TRAY, has been tested by SGS against the EU chemical restriction set. Report QDHL260600954101CW, issued 2 July 2026, returned Pass or Non-Detected on every applicable parameter: bisphenol A under REACH Annex XVII entry 66; C9-C14 perfluorocarboxylic acids under REACH Article 68, limit 25 micrograms per kilogram; PFHxA under REACH Article 79, same limit; phthalates under REACH entries 51 and 52; PFHxS under EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2023/1608; PFOA and PFOS under EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2025/718; total fluorine content under PPWR Article 5(5); and a full 725-substance PFAS scan, all Non-Detected.
One Report, Full Chemical Coverage
Rather than assembling certificates from different laboratories on different dates, a single SGS report covers the chemical-restriction surface of the PPWR for this product: PFAS at every level, the total-fluorine requirement under Article 5(5), and bisphenol A and phthalates under REACH Annex XVII. For a compliance officer the document carries a named report number, a clear issue date, a defined sample and unambiguous Pass or Non-Detected results on every row.
Points of Precision
The report covers chemical compliance for the bagasse coated tray. It is one component of full PPWR conformity, which also includes recyclability, labelling and extended producer responsibility obligations that apply at the packaging level.
The tested product is a coated, laminated bagasse tray. The functional coating is engineered to keep total plastic content below 5%, which allows classification as fiber-based packaging under EU tax and regulatory frameworks. Report QDHL260600954101CW covers the specific sample and configuration tested, and new product variants should be re-verified accordingly.
What European Buyers Should Verify
Buyers sourcing foodservice packaging should request the laboratory report itself rather than a summary, and confirm that the named report number and the sample description match the product being purchased. Partial coverage is partial risk, so the report should address total fluorine under PPWR Article 5(5), the REACH and POPs PFAS entries, bisphenol A and phthalates.
About Mountain Environmental
Mountain Environmental (mountainhb; Hebei Mountain Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.) supplies fiber-based bagasse food packaging: laminated trays with plastic content below 5%, and non-laminated products made of 100% bagasse fiber. Its bagasse coated tray is SGS-tested with total fluorine below 10ppm (report QDHL260600954101CW, issued 2026-07-02), and the range holds industrial composting certification (BPI / TUV OK Compost Industrial / ABAP) together with FDA, LFGB, BRC, ISO 9001/14001/45001 and BSCI certification, aligned with EU SUPD requirements.
The SGS report QDHL260600954101CW is available alongside product samples at www.mountain-bio.com.
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Hebei Mountain Environmental Protection Technology Co.,Ltd.
Ly Li
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www.mountain-bio.com
Ly Li
8618833276530
www.mountain-bio.com
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