Using Craft Moulds - Food Safe?
Decorating By AlanaCullen Updated 24 Aug 2012 , 9:40pm by hbquikcomjamesl
Hi, I was in the craft shop the other day and noticed a girl mould that I'd really like to use, but then I was wondering if its ok to use one thats not specifically for food?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks! 
Altho some moulds are suitable for craft/soap and fondant...your best bet would be to ask the people selling it.
If there is a brand/company name on the mould/packaging then you could do a google search as to what the moulds are made from - or contact the company direct.
As some moulds are made from plastic/silicon that isn't food safe.
If you did use it, you would have to advise any customer that the *girl* is unedible....and for decoration only...........but sometimes customers don't always listen to what they are instructed to do......as with many thing in life, - it would be best to errrr on the side of caution
Bluehue
Thank you so much for your reply! That was what I was thinking, you confirmed my suspicions lol!
Thanks again!
Thank you so much for your reply! That was what I was thinking, you confirmed my suspicions lol!
Thanks again!
Ok, here's my take on it. If you're using the mold for fondant or gumpaste you usually lube the mold with Crisco for the fondant or gumpaste will be in the mold for under 30 seconds and with the Crisco barrier (which is food safe), the fondant won't be touching the actual mold, just the Crisco. If you don't use Crisco then that's another subject and if you're pouring warm chocolate into the mold - you really do need to use a food safe mold.
Ok, here's my take on it. If you're using the mold for fondant or gumpaste you usually lube the mold with Crisco for the fondant or gumpaste will be in the mold for under 30 seconds and with the Crisco barrier (which is food safe), the fondant won't be touching the actual mold, just the Crisco.
....Hmmmmm - thats not a good food safe practise..Bluehue If you don't use Crisco then that's another subject and if you're pouring warm chocolate into the mold - you really do need to use a food safe mold.
Just tell them that they shouldn't go zombie and eat her face.
there are so may of us who have used them from time to time. I cannot really see why not. Yes, I know it's still not food safe (maybe) but from what I learned about ink for printers the ONLY difference was that there were no food industry inpsectors present so they could not call it food safe.
. . .but from what I learned about ink for printers the ONLY difference was that there were no food industry inpsectors present so they could not call it food safe.
I seem to recall seeing toxicity warnings on boxed inkjet cartridges.
On the other hand, I refuse to own an inkjet of any kind myself (they're the worst "razor-and-blades business model" product ever devised: you use them like crazy, you go through cartridges like crazy; you don't use them, and the cartridges dry out and clog, and you end up throwing out ink like crazy), and so I haven't looked at inkjet ink in over a decade.
The last time I got a good look at a boxed inkjet cartridge was probably closer to 20 years ago. But more to the point, everything I've read on the subject, both here and elsewhere, states that if an inkjet printer has been used with conventional inks without the equivalent of cleaning it out with a steam hose, it's not fit for use with edible inks.
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