Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Lebensmittelecht
English translation:
Food safe
German term
France
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English
Lebensmittelecht
"Verwendet wird lebensmittelechte und ungiftige Farbe auf Wasserbasis sowie umweltfreundlicher, sauerstoffgebleichter Zellstoff."
What is the exact technical term?
| 4 +2 | food safe |
Mats Wiman
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| 4 +4 | suitable for food use |
Mary Worby
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| 4 +2 | suitable for foods |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 +1 | food safe |
Petra Winter
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| 4 | food-compatible |
gangels (X)
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| 4 | suitable for human consumption |
Yoshiro Shibasaki, PhD
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Oct 28, 2011 10:32: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Food & Drink"
Proposed translations
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm) 
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
food safe
United Kingdom
Friendly, reliable and accurate!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
suitable for food use
This is the normal formulation ...
HTH
Mary
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Note added at 2002-05-16 14:14:32 (GMT)
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Didn\'t read the question )-:
These are definitely not paints. Are these things used to dye the whole serviette (in which case I\'d use dye) or print patterns on the serviette (in which case I might be tempted to use \'ink\' to add to your confusion still further ...
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Louise Mawbey
4 mins
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pschmitt
4 mins
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Сергей Лузан
: Possible option, but a bit long one for English.
35 mins
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Steffen Walter
59 mins
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Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
suitable for foods
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Сергей Лузан
: Quite possible as a suggestion, no doubt.
36 mins
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Steffen Walter
1 hr
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Quality - Professionalism - Reliability
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, English to German
food safe
food-compatible
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itla
: "(FDA)-approved for food contact is what you'll find at http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opa2pmnt.html
894 days
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United Kingdom
PhD in medical science
Native in: Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Danish to Japanese, and 2 more.
suitable for human consumption
BTW, "Farbe" in this context is "dye" in English not 'paint'.
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Steffen Walter
: IMO "lebensmittelecht" is not so much about the serviette itself being "suitable for human consumption". Term rather designates that materials contained in finished product do not in any way (chemically) interact/react with foods they get in contact with.
24 mins
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The text says "edible dye" not the serviette.
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Discussion
We're talking printing here, remember.