Food-contact material documents for espresso machines: what to request and what each one proves

Compliance · 2026-10-16

The published figures

Document types, and what each one does not prove

We publish food-contact and electrical marks with the channel that names each one. We do not publish specific regulation clause numbers or test protocols on this site, because we have not published the underlying reports here.

The document types, and what each one actually proves

Material declaration. A supplier statement about what a material is. It is the weakest of the three and the most commonly presented as the strongest. It tells you the supplier's position, not a measured result.

Test report from an accredited laboratory. A measured result under a named method, on a named sample, with a date. This is the document that proves something. It also proves it for the sample tested and the method used — which is why the method and the sample description are the first two things to read.

Certificate of conformity or mark. A jurisdictional statement that the product meets a named regime. It is market-specific and scope-specific, and it is the document your customs broker will ask for when the destination market requires one.

Why the market determines which document matters

The United States, the European Union and Germany do not run the same food-contact system, and a document that satisfies one does not automatically satisfy the others. Our published marks reflect that split: LFGB is the German one, FDA is the US one, and REACH — which is an EU chemicals framework rather than a food-contact approval — is a separate declaration again.

So the practical sequence is: establish the destination market first, then establish which document regime that market enforces, then ask whether the documents you hold cover the exact material and the exact model revision in your programme. A declaration covering a hose is not a declaration covering a silicone tube, even when both are food-contact components of the same machine.

The revision problem, which is the real one

A food-contact document names a material. A production order names a model revision. If a material supplier changes formulation, or a factory substitutes a component to save cost, the document you hold no longer describes what is in the box.

This is why material conformity belongs in the change-control conversation and not only in the supplier questionnaire. A clause that requires notification before any material substitution is worth more than any declaration on file, because it is the only thing that catches the substitution at the point it happens.

What we publish, and where the boundary is

We publish thirteen marks and record for each one which of our two channels names it — the corporate site, the Global Sources profile, or both. LFGB and FDA both come from the Global Sources profile. We do not publish ISO 9001, BSCI, FCC, SAA, PSE or INMETRO, because those are named by third-party databases about us and not by either of our own channels.

For a specific model and destination market, ask us which food-contact documents we can supply and what scope they carry. That answer is a quotation-time question with a model attached, and it is the only way to get an answer that is true for your programme rather than true in general.

What to request

For each food-contact component: the material declaration, the test report if the destination market requires one, and the model revision the document applies to. Ask for the report rather than only the declaration, and read the sample description on it.

Then put a change-control clause in the contract requiring notification before any food-contact material substitution.

What we will and will not do

We will confirm, for a defined model and destination market, which food-contact documents we can supply and what scope they carry. We will not cite a specific regulation clause on this page, because doing so without the report behind it would be exactly the kind of unverifiable claim this guide is telling you to reject.

Where the figures behind this came from

Every number on this page traces to one of these.

Models this guide applies to

Coffee Makers

Primary line. Parts-intensive, so the spares plan is designed with the product.

Pizza Makers

Primary line. Countertop heat appliance, pairs with the grill range in one programme.

Grills & Baking

Primary line. Seasonal shape, pairs with pizza makers and air fryers.

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