Compliance testing of chemical migration from food contact materials

Compliance testing of chemical migration from food contact materials 

Conventional testing follows the following discrete steps  

This first step is to obtain information about all raw materials and production aids used in the production process of the food contact material. When the product is manufactured on site this is quite simple, but when an end product or a precursor is obtained from another party this can be more difficult. Secondly, detailed information about the raw materials (such as monomers, additives, catalyst, etc., used in the production of the coating, polymer or paper) and other ingredients used to produce the raw materials is required. 

As mentioned above, the kind of material, together with the country in which the material is produced and sold, determines with which legislation the product must comply. A detailed strategy is given in section 5.2. 

Check whether composition is in accordance with the legislation 

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