GB/T 36003-2018 Food can made of tinplate or electrolytic chromium-coated steel (ECCS)
1 Scope
This standard specifies the requirements for terms and definitions, classification, materials, requirements, test methods, inspection rules and marking, packaging, transportation, and storage of food cans made of tinplate or electrolytic chromium-coated steel (ECCS) (hereinafter referred to as food cans).
This standard is applicable to the manufacture, use, circulation and supervision and inspection of food cans made of tinplate or electrolytic chromium-coated steel (ECCS) for the packaging of foods such as livestock, poultry, aquatic animals, fruits, vegetables, cereals, beans, etc., which have been sealed and sterilized to meet commercial aseptic requirements.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 2520 Cold-reduced electrolytie tinplate
GB/T 2828.1 Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
GB 4805 Hygienic standard for epoxy phenolie resin coating for the internal lacquer of food cans
GB 4806.1 National food safety standard - General safety requirements on food contact materials and their products
GB 9682 Hygienic standard for internal coating of food cans
GB 9685 National food safety standard - Standard for uses of additives in food contact materials and articles
GB/T 14251 General technical standard for metal container of canned food
GB/T 24180 General technical standard for metal container of canned food
GB/T 29603-2013 Full aperture easy open end made of tinplate or ECCS
QB/T 1877 Tinplate prints for the packing and decoration
QB/T 2763 Coated tinplate (or ECCS)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 14251 and the following apply.
3.1
plain tinplate can
a type of can whose body is made of tinplate without coating on the inner surface, but can use an inner stripe to protect the weld seam
3.2
lacquered tinplate can
can made of tinplate (or ECCS) coated with a coating film on the inner surface of the can body and end
3.3
striped can
can in which the weld seam of a welded can is recoated
3.4
stripe
anticorrosive coating covering the weld seam and its sides by roll, spray or electrostatic spraying
3.5
enamel rate
conduction current value caused by the microporosity or damage on the surface of the inner coating film caused by raw materials or processing, which is one of the characterization indexes of the enamel rate value
4 Classification
4.1 Food cans are classified into three-piece cans and two-piece cans according to the structure, see Figure 1 for examples.
Foreword i
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification
5 Materials
6 Requirements
7 Test methods
8 Inspection rules
9 Marking, packaging, transportation and storage
Annex A (Informative) Specifications for common food cans
