Packaging Certifications & Compliance

GV Printing (Gervin Printing) supplies printed packaging and security labels to brands, distributors and
contract packers across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.
Procurement teams in these markets rarely buy on price alone — they shortlist suppliers that can produce the right
paperwork. This page sets out the certifications, standards and compliance documentation we work to, so your
quality, regulatory and sustainability teams can qualify us without a long email thread. Specific certificates are confirmed in writing against your order — ask us for the current document pack before you place it.

Quality & Environmental Management

• ISO 9001 — quality management system covering incoming material inspection, in-process control,
  final inspection and corrective action. Documentation and process records are maintained for audit.
• ISO 14001 — environmental management system: waste segregation, solvent and ink handling,
  energy use and continuous improvement targets.
• Documented inspection — IQC / IPQC / OQC with AQL sampling, plus first-article and
  pre-shipment inspection reports supplied with each production run.

Material & Chemical Compliance

• REACH — paper, board, inks and adhesives are sourced to comply with EU REACH requirements.
  We can provide supplier declarations and SVHC statements on request.
• RoHS — applicable where packaging incorporates electronic components such as
  RFID or NFC inlays for smart labels and track & trace programmes.
• FSC and PEFC — chain-of-custody certified board and paper available for
  customers with forest-certification commitments.
• Recycled content — boards with verified recycled fibre, and 100% recyclable
  mono-material structures to support your fibre-based packaging targets.

Food Contact Safety

• FDA — materials suitable for food-contact applications for the US market, supported by
  supplier compliance statements.
• EU food contact framework — compliance documentation against the European food-contact
  requirements for paper and board.
• BRC / IFS — where your packaging is supplied into a BRCGS or IFS-certified packing facility,
  we align material specification, traceability and hygiene documentation with your audit requirements.
• Food-safe inks and coatings — low-migration options, soy and water-based inks,
  and barrier coatings for greasy or moist products.

Product Safety & Market Access

• UKCA — we follow the current UK conformity requirements for packaging placed on the
  Great Britain market, and can supply the supporting technical file with your order.
• GPSR — the EU General Product Safety Regulation adds traceability and labelling duties for
  consumer goods; we support customers with batch coding, labelling and documentation.
• CE-related documentation — where packaging forms part of a regulated product, technical
  documentation can be bundled with the shipment.

Pharmaceutical & Anti-Counterfeiting

• FMD (Falsified Medicines Directive) — for pharmaceutical cartons and labels we support
  serialisation, unique identifier printing and tamper-evident features.
• Anti-counterfeit features — holograms, void labels, microtext,
  UV and invisible inks, QR codes with verification, and
  track & trace integration.
• RFID / NFC smart labels — item-level authentication and supply-chain visibility for
  high-value or regulated goods.

Social & Ethical Compliance

• Sedex / SMETA — ethical trade audit documentation can be shared with customers who require
  supplier membership or an SMETA audit report.
• Full traceability — batch records linking raw material lots to finished cartons, retained for
  the period your quality agreement specifies.

Print Industry Standards

• GMI — for programmes specified by major US retail brands, we work to GMI-style print
  process control: colour tolerance, substrate verification and press-side measurement.
• Colour management — ISO 12647-aligned process control, Pantone and CMYK matching, and
  contract proofs before mass production.

Sustainability & Packaging Waste

• EN 13432 — compostable materials and constructions can be specified where
  industrial composting is the intended end-of-life route.
• PPWR — the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is reshaping material choices across
  Europe. We help customers prepare by specifying recyclable mono-materials, minimising excess volume and
  declaring recycled content.
• Plastic-free and fibre-based alternatives — replacing laminates and plastic windows with
  recyclable paper-based structures.
• Climate-neutral options — carbon-calculated production and offset programmes on request.

Documents We Provide With Your Order

• Material specification and composition statement
• Certificate of analysis / inspection report with AQL results
• FSC or PEFC chain-of-custody documentation where applicable
• Food-contact compliance statement (FDA / EU framework)
• REACH and RoHS supplier declarations
• Batch and traceability records
• Pre-production sample and signed approval record

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you supply ISO 9001 documentation with every order?

Inspection records and process documentation are maintained as part of our documented quality management system and
can be included with shipment documentation on request. Tell us if your audit requires a specific certificate and we
will confirm what we hold in writing before you commit.

Do your materials meet REACH and RoHS?

Paper, board, ink and adhesive suppliers are selected for compliance with EU REACH requirements, and supplier
RoHS declarations can be requested where electronic components such as RFID inlays are used.

What do you provide for UK and EU market access?

We supply technical documentation aligned with current UKCA requirements for Great Britain and support the
traceability and labelling obligations introduced by the EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

Can you support pharmaceutical serialisation?

We print unique identifiers and tamper-evident features for FMD-style programmes, and can integrate hologram,
QR and RFID/NFC layers for authentication and track & trace.

Are FSC-certified and compostable materials available?

Both can be specified subject to availability: FSC or PEFC chain-of-custody board, and EN 13432 compostable
materials where industrial composting is the intended route.

Related Products

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Request Documentation

Send us your target market, application and any audit requirements. We will return an English quotation with the
applicable certificates, compliance statements and lead time. We ship to the US, UK and EU under FOB, CIF or DDP terms.