EU Food Contact Material Testing

EU Food Contact Material Testing

EU: Directive 2004/1935/EC on the safety management of food contact materials, which has been enforced since October 27, 2006. Materials exported to the EU in contact with food must comply with the provisions of the relevant 1935/2004/EC standards. For different food contact materials, the EU has established different regulations. For example, EU 10/2011 is for plastics, rubber is 93/11/EEC, and 84/500/EEC is ceramics. Main test items: total migration of different simulants; Specific migration of monomers in different simulants; Specific migration of primary aromatic amines (PAA); Specific migration of heavy metals (Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Zn, Al, Ni); Specific migration of phthalates (6P); Total Phthalate (5P) Germany: The German LFGB is the German Food and Dietetic Articles Act. The food and all food related articles on the German market must comply with the requirements of the LFGB. When food contact materials enter the German market, they must pass the relevant test requirements specified in the LFGB. After that, they will obtain the LFGB test report, which recognizes that the product does not contain chemical harmful substances and is allowed to be sold in the German market. Main test items of plastics: sensory test and peroxide value are added to the EU test items. France: DGCCRF is the abbreviation of food safety regulations. The food contact products sold in France should comply with the local regulations of France, including French DGCCRF2004-64 and French D é cretno 92-631, in addition to the European Union (EC) Regulation No. 1935/2004. France has special classification and requirements for metal products. For example, for cookware with organic coating, in addition to the coating surface needs to be tested, there are also corresponding requirements for the metal as the base material. The main test items of plastics are basically consistent with those of the European Union. Metal products such as aluminum, aluminum alloy products, steel products and stainless steel products need to have metal composition analysis. In addition, ceramics, rubber and other materials also have corresponding requirements. For more information, please contact our professional team:

EU: Directive 2004/1935/EC on the safety management of food contact materials, which has been enforced since October 27, 2006. Materials exported to the EU in contact with food must comply with the provisions of the relevant 1935/2004/EC standards. For different food contact materials, the EU has established different regulations. For example, EU 10/2011 is for plastics, rubber is 93/11/EEC, and 84/500/EEC is ceramics.

Main test items: total migration of different simulants; Specific migration of monomers in different simulants; Specific migration of primary aromatic amines (PAA); Specific migration of heavy metals (Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Zn, Al, Ni); Specific migration of phthalates (6P); Total Phthalate (5P)

Germany: The German LFGB is the German Food and Dietetic Articles Act. The food and all food related articles on the German market must comply with the requirements of the LFGB. When food contact materials enter the German market, they must pass the relevant test requirements specified in the LFGB. After that, they will obtain the LFGB test report, which recognizes that the product does not contain chemical harmful substances and is allowed to be sold in the German market.

Main test items of plastics: sensory test and peroxide value are added to the EU test items.

France: DGCCRF is the abbreviation of food safety regulations. The food contact products sold in France should comply with the local regulations of France, including French DGCCRF2004-64 and French D é cretno 92-631, in addition to the European Union (EC) Regulation No. 1935/2004. France has special classification and requirements for metal products. For example, for cookware with organic coating, in addition to the coating surface needs to be tested, there are also corresponding requirements for the metal as the base material. The main test items of plastics are basically consistent with those of the European Union. Metal products such as aluminum, aluminum alloy products, steel products and stainless steel products need to have metal composition analysis. In addition, ceramics, rubber and other materials also have corresponding requirements.

For more information, please contact our professional team.


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