The European Union’s definition of food contact materials includes both food packaging materials and other materials or components expected to come into contact with food – from personal coffee machines to commercial food processing machinery.
This includes specific measures for some materials:
We can help you:
- Understand the appropriate food packaging regulations and legal requirements for materials
- Demonstrate compliance via migration testing
- Determine whether your analysis proves compliance with food packaging regulations
Framework Regulation
This food packaging regulation details the basic rules including the requirement that articles and materials shall not transfer their components into the food in quantities that could endanger human health or bring about an unacceptable change to the composition, smell, or taste of the food.This includes specific measures for some materials:
- Plastics (EU Regulation 10/2011 and its amendments)
- Regenerated Cellulose Films (Directive 2007/42/EC)
- Ceramics (Directive 84/500/EEC as amended by Directive 2005/31/EC).
- BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE (Regulation No 1895/2005)
- Nitrosamines (Directive 93/11/EEC and BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE; Directive No 93/11/EEC.
GMP Regulation
This stipulates general requirements for the quality assurance and control systems that are needed to prove compliance, along with some more specific guidance on use of printing inks and recycled plastics.The Smithers difference:
- Our experts have over 35 years’ experience helping clients demonstrate material compliance with European food contact packaging regulations
- Our analytical testing is supported by investigative analysis to help identify and resolve issues.