{"id":837,"date":"2018-11-04T21:27:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T19:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideee.3deee.ch\/?p=837"},"modified":"2018-11-04T21:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T19:31:31","slug":"food-grade-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideee.3deee.ch\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"Food Grade 3d-Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/ZuIDLSz3XLg?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Eiliv Sonas Aceron<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/food-safe?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Google+ in the 3D printing community raised the question of how it is possible to produce food-compatible 3D prints, as some FDA-certified 3D printing material is now available.<\/p>\n<p>I thought about it and came to the conclusion that the first thing I would do was to use a direct extruder with a full metal hot end.<br \/>\nI would also equip the interior of the printer with UV LEDs to disinfect the print. 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