Phase One | Phase Two | Phase Three |
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Implemented Since 14 April 2017 | Implemented Since 01 September, 2019 | Implemented Since 01 September, 2019 |
1) Disposable Plastic bags: - Shopping bags - Garbage bags - Clothes bags
2) Disposable Sheet rolls (table covers) | 1) Stretch films (packaging) 2) Overwraps (Plastic covers used for secondary packaging) 3) Shrink Films 4) Cling films (packaging) 5) Packaging bags used for bread, nuts, sweets and all bakery items. 6) Bubble wrap and cushioning packaging 7) Bags for postal use, example: - Carrier bags - Courier and security bags - Mail order bags (magazine and newspaper bags) 8) Disposable tableware (such as plates, spoons and cups) | 1) Diaper wraps 2) Plastic liners (used for cartons) 3) Personal care products (such as: gloves, shoe covers, and any disposable personal care products) 4) Plastic bags used in soil remediation, agricultural/horticultural applications (such as: banana bags, mulch films) 5) Plastic bags used for seedlings 6) Food packaging bags 7) Woven plastic bags
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► The supplier is officially registered at the official competent authority and having a commercial registration number.
► The product fulfills all conformity assessment procedures that prove meeting all the requirements of technical regulations regarding the product safety.
► The manufacturer shall have an effective Environment Management System EOS. ISO 14001 certification fulfills this requirement.
► The supplier shall provide the Conformity Declaration.
► The supplier shall provide a test report from a registered laboratory.
► The manufacturer shall only use the additives licensed by SASO, in products manufacturing. The additives used for products in contact with food shall be safe for food, according to relevant standards.
►Complete a Declaration of Importers document and sign it off.
►Liaise with the importers to obtain all necessary documents.
►Raise the application with SASO.
►File the certificates with English names so you can identify which Importer they relate to.
►Create and send you artwork for labels, using the unique QR code provided for each Importer.
OXO-degradable plastics quickly fragment into smaller and smaller pieces, called micro-plastics, but don’t break down at the molecular or polymer level like biodegradable and compostable plastics. The resulting micro-plastics are left in the environment indefinitely until they eventually fully break down.
They are conventional plastic materials with artificial additives that do not biodegrade but merely fragment into small pieces that remain in and potentially harm the environment and endanger recycling and composting.
No, there is no need for a legal representative in Saudi Arabia. However, in case you had importers in Saudi Arabia, you need to provide SASO with their declaration and pay their certificate fees.
Food packaging plastics are included in Technical Regulation for Degradable plastics. As it mentioned on the website, the applicant must provide SASO with declaration from the manufacturer / importer to submit a test report certificate of their plastic product, given by the additives’ importer, and add the additives (degradable material) according to the required ratio, and ensure that the additive is safe for food- contact (does not affect the safety of food) within a maximum period of (6) weeks from registration date.
Plastics for packaging are included in the regulation and must have SASO’s logo in order to enter Saudi custom and market. Therefore, you need to have the plastic factory –abroad- that you deal with registered at SASO. Please visit our website for more details on how to register external factories.
It always depends on the readiness of the manufacturer and the importer. Usually it takes from 14 to 21 working days.
Each manufacturer need to apply only one application request for many certification. As an external factory, you will apply for all the products that you with to be certified. However, you will also need to apply a certificate for each Saudi importer.
If you are using more than 1 SASO-approved OXO-biodegradable packaging product to package your goods for export to KSA, i.e. box liners and pallet wrap, then you will need to apply for a SASO certificate for each type of product to each Importer.
