Fitness for food contact materials is subject to EU regulations n°1935/2004. According to this regulation, all materials that come into direct or indirect contact with food or beverages, must not transfer their components to it in quantities that could be dangerous for the human health.
Our laboratory provides you the tests required to satisfy the regulation's requirements in order to ensure the inertia of your materials.
To summarize, these requirements concern
The material composition
The migration of certain materials components to food
The materials and items concerned are :
Packagings
Containers
Kitchenware
Nipples and pacifier
The criteria to applied depend on the material.
Material | Regulations | Requirements |
plastic & varnish |
2002/72/CE Directive 30 janvier 1984 decree |
Migration on materials limited to 10 mg/dm² as well as certain chimicals : phtalates, aromatic amines , epoxy derivatives, vinyl chloride monomer. |
ceramics | 84/500/CEE Directive |
Limit the lead and cadmium migrationet in the item and in the parts in contact with the lips. |
silicones | 25 novembre 1992 decree | Limit the content in volatile organic substances and specific material migration. |
metals |
13 janvier 1976 (inox) decree 27 août 1987 (aluminium) decree |
Impose chemical composition criterias and limit the specific migration of metallic elements. (Lead, cadmium, nickel…) |
rubber | 93/11/CEE Directive |
Concern the release of N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosastable substances from nipples and pacifiers. |
9 novembre 1994 decree |
Material migration limited to 10 mg/dm² as well as certain chemical substances such as formaldehyde and peroxides. Impose a limited concentration under 0.5% to volatile organic materials. |
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wood |
N° 94-647 decree |
Limit the concentration in pentachlorophenol and cadmium. |
papers & carton |
2002/72/CE Décret n° 92-63 Directive |
Limit the migration of formaldehyde, glyoxal, pentachlorophenol, heavy metals… |