Availability of pre validated methods in Europe

About the economical impossibility of meeting the requirements of ISO 5725 and the need for pragmatic solutions 

About the availability of generally accepted or standard methods in Europe 

As a consequence of EU Directive 78/142/EEC, which introduced a limitation of vinyl chloride monomer both as residual amount in final articles (QM lmg/kg) intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and in migration to food (SML not detectable LOD 0.01 mg/kg), the corresponding necessary analytical methods were developed between several European expert laboratories and laid down as agreed methods in EU Directives 80/766/EEC and 81/432/EEC, respectively. This piece of the EU harmonization process was too time- and work-consuming to continue in this way. The vinyl chloride Directives therefore remain a unique feature in EU food packaging legislation since this was found to be impractical for generalization. 

Pari 1 Guide to the lest methods for specific migration of substances from plastics into food and food simulants and the determination of substances in plastics and the selection of conditions of exposure to food simulants  

Part 2 Determination of terephthalic acid in food simulants SML 7.5 mg/kg 

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