Paper Cup Standards

GB 4806.8-2022 "National Food Safety Standard: Paper and Paperboard Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food": This is a mandatory baseline standard governing "safety" aspects, such as sensory requirements, overall migration limits, heavy metals, fluorescent substances, microbiological limits, and the use of additives. It was issued on July 28, 2022, and officially implemented on June 30, 2023.
GB/T 27590-2022 "Paper Cups": This is a recommended product standard governing "product performance and quality," covering areas such as terminology and definitions, classification, requirements, test methods, and inspection rules. It has been implemented since February 1, 2023.
A new industry standard came into effect on June 1, 2012; the national standards for disposable paper cups, paper bowls, and paper meal boxes were officially implemented starting that day. The national standard stipulates that no patterns may be printed within 15 millimeters of the cup rim or within 10 millimeters of the cup bottom.