Are sublimated mugs food safe?

[sakay500]

Hi

Hope you're well.

I had a question that I cant believe I havent seen asked or answered elsewhere.

Are sublimated mugs food safe?

I ask because the vast majority of people on this forum and on ebay and amazon sell mugs that have been produced using the sublimation method,and as customers almost always use these sublimated mugs to drink out of and put in the dishwasher, then it would be very useful to know if the mugs produced using the sublimation method are food safe at all? And if not, does this matter?

By the way, this is assuming the mugs are made using the Sawgrass original ink using a heat press.

I look forward to your replies.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,

Sonny.

[Reg]

The majority of these mugs are used for drink, if they weren't safe you would not be able to buy them.

[sakay500]

The majority of these mugs are used for drink, if they weren't safe you would not be able to buy them.

Hi.

This is an interesting comment, but is it true?

Amazon sells thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousand of unsage and potentially unsafe products and you only find out if/when something bad happens and the products have to be recalled.

[webtrekker]

It's not just the inks. Is the polymer coating food safe?

There are so many inks and coatings you'd have to ask the manufacturer of your preferred products for a manufacturers safety data sheet (MSDS).

My guess is that the manufacturers will absolve themselves of any liability by recommending the objects be for 'display only.'

[Reg]

I've been using them for 9 years and I expect most of the 6ooo + members on here use them.

[GoonerGary]

"This mug meets or exceeds FDA requirements for food and beverage safety."

http://dyetrans.com/products.php?web...ncat=sub_prods

"All polymer mugs are FDA approved and RoHS compliance."

http://www.sun-fly-sublimation.com/d...e/polymer-mugs

"FDA and US Proposition 65 approved."
http://www.superjetusa.com/15oz-whit...-pcs-per-case/

Basically, if Californians are OK with it, you won't get cancer.

[pw66]

If the inks aren't safe you would also have to be wary of anything in contact with the skin - tshirts and particularly flipflops.

I have always understood that sublimation ink is safe for childrens wear.
Good question, though.

[GoonerGary]

If the inks aren't safe you would also have to be wary of anything in contact with the skin - tshirts and particularly flipflops.

I have always understood that sublimation ink is safe for childrens wear.
Good question, though.

The safety sheets only mention problems when the ink is in its liquid bottled form.

http://www.inktec.com/service/lfp_ms...limation%20Ink

Not suitable for vegans though!

[pisquee]

The MSDS stuff from InkTec deals with the inks in the litre bottles (and bigger) in terms of spillage, storage, exposure to skin/eyes/ingestion as a liquid - the amount of ink actually printed to a mug is a miniscule layer in comparison, and then only a fraction of that touches your lips when you use the mug.
This from memory of when I last did the RAs and MSs and had to read through the MSDS sheets.
Don't assume that Sawgrass' ink is the same in any way to InkTec's or other manufacturers - get their MSDS to find out if that is what you're using.

[Customprintwales]

I think you need to be more concerned with the coffee in the mug :)

California have just ordered coffee shops and retailer to put on a cancer warning on the coffees.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43594645