Food brands are no longer asking only whether a lubricant is food grade. They are asking for documentary proof that it is free of two contaminant families they had barely heard of five years ago, and the legal exposure behind that question is now measured in recalls, seizures and lawsuits, an ALE 2026 Main Stage session heard on 9 September. Sutida Ketudut, director of food and wellness at NSF, told the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026 that demand for “free from” test reports and self-declarations has risen sharply, and that the driver is legal rather than reputational. Under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002, foods exceeding specified limits of quantification for mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) can be considered unsafe, Ketudut said. That opens the way to food recalls, rejection of imported shipments, contamination…

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