Thermoplastics are commonly used in Food Processing, Food Handling, as well as food transport and storage. Plastic materials offer many benefits like strength, chemical resistance, light weight, toughness and durability. These materials have to meet certain compliance requirements to be considered suitable for food contact applications and can include FDA, USDA, 3A Dairy, or NSF specifications. Westlake Plastics offers a number of plastics that are compliant.