Service background
Food contact materials include plastics, metals, ceramics, glass, paper, coatings and rubber that come into direct contact with food during processing, storage and consumption. Harmful substances can migrate from materials into food, posing long-term health risks to consumers. Multiple regional regulations, including EU, US and China standards, set rigorous migration and composition limits for food contact articles. Conformity testing is mandatory for market access, and non-compliant goods risk detention, recall and trade restrictions. Our laboratory offers comprehensive food contact material testing to support manufacturers and brands for cross-border compliance.
Products we cover
- Kitchenware
- Food containers
- Tableware
- Food-contact packaging
Test items
- Sensory analysis
- The release of lead and cadmium
- Overall migration
- Specific migration of heavy metals
- Specific migration
- BPA
- Phthalates
- Formaldehyde
- PCP
- Chloroform soluble extract
- Density
- Melting point
- Color fastness.
Test standards
EUFramework Regulation: (EC) No 1935/2004
Plastics: (EU) No 10/2011 and its amendments
Ceramics: 84/500/EEC, 2005/31/EC
Coatings: AP(2004)1
Rubber: AP(2004)4
Silicones: AP(2004)5
Metals and alloys: CM/Res(2020)9
GermanyLFGB Chapter 30 and 31, BfR Recommendation
FranceDGCCRF
USAFDA 21 CFR 170-189, CPG 7117.05 and 06 and 07, CA65
ChinaGB 4806 series