GB/T 14251-2017General technical standard for metal container of canned food (English PDF)

1 Scope

GB/T 14251-2017 is the Chinese national standard on general technical standard for metal container of canned food, in the field of food technology. The /T suffix marks it as a recommended standard: it is not compulsory by itself, but it becomes binding as soon as a contract, a tender or a customer specification calls it up - which in practice is how most foreign buyers meet it. It was issued on 7 September 2017 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China, and has been in force since 1 October 2018. Classification: ICS 67.250, CCS A82. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.

This standard specifies the terms and definitions, product classification, quality requirements, food safety requirements, test methods, inspection rules, markings, packaging, transportation, storage requirements for metal container of canned food. This standard applies to empty cans and full cans for canned food, which are made of tin-plated or chrome-plated sheet steel or aluminum alloy sheet.

2 Normative references

The following documents are essential to the application of this document. For the dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable to this document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including all the amendments) is applicable to this standard.

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

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 Laminated steel A composite material, which is formed by laminating a layer of polymer film on the surface of tin-plated or chrome-plated steel sheet, by melting method or adhesive method; has dual properties of polymer material and metal material.

3.2 Laminated aluminum A composite material, which is formed by laminating a layer of polymer film on the surface of aluminum alloy sheet, by melting method or adhesive method; has dual properties of polymer material and metal material.

3.3 Can body A container, which is formed by combining a metal can body with a top cover or a bottom cover, OR punching and drawing a whole piece of metal sheet.

3.4 Three-piece can A packaging container, which is made up of three pieces of material, combined with a metal top cover, a can body, a bottom cover.

3.5 Two-piece can A container, which is formed by the can body, whose bottom and body are made of a whole piece of metal sheet, through punching and drawing, THEN, sealed by a metal top cover.

4 Product classification

4.1 According to the type of substrate, it can be divided into tin-plated thin steel cans, chrome-plated thin steel cans, aluminum alloy thin-steel cans.

4.2 According to the characteristics of the inner wall of the can body, it is divided into plain tinplate cans, coated steel cans, coated aluminum cans, laminated steel cans, laminated aluminum cans.

4.3 According to the container structure, it is divided into three-piece cans and two-piece cans.

4.5 According to the shape of the can body, it is divided into straight-wall can, tapered can, necked-in can, expanding can, beaded can, expanded can, etc.

4.6 According to the opening method, it is divided into easy open end cans, easy peelable end cans, flat-bottom end cans, key open cans.

6 Food safety requirements

It shall meet the requirements of the corresponding national food safety standards.

8 Inspection rules

8.1 The inspection shall be carried out according to the batch or group of goods. The product of the same specification delivered at one time is a batch.

8.2 Product inspection includes exit-factory inspection and type inspection items.

8.3 The ex-factory inspection items include appearance, weld, stripe, seam, sealing performance, compressive strength, enamel rate value, sealant performance. Type inspection items are all indicators specified by the standard.

8.4 Type inspection shall be carried out, when the product has one of the following conditions.

8.5 See Table 5 and Table 6 for classification of nonconformances.

9 Marking, packaging, transportation, storage

9.1 Marking The outer packaging of the product shall have a product inspection certificate and a packing list; the content shall include the manufacturer's mark and name, product name, product specification, production number, production date, quantity.