This guidance describes how to characterize the composition of a multilayer plastic film for food packaging, with respect to the consecutive order of the layers and their identity. It provides background information on the general composition of multilayer plastic packaging and it illustrates in...
This report presents the results of an inter-laboratory comparison on the specific migration of caprolactam (CAP) and 2,4-di-tert butyl phenol (2,4-DTBP) from a plastic food contact material in food simulant A (ethanol 10 %, v/v) organised by the EURL-FCM, Ispra (Italy). Homogeneity and stabilit...
In the present work, the release from 15 samples of crystalware was investigated with respect to migration of metals in different conditions from different samples. Three test regimes were compared. The first one, currently in use for ceramic, foresees the use of acetic acid 4% as simulant and t...
The aim of this work is to support DG Health and Food Safety with a baseline study on non-harmonised food contact materials (FCMs). The study aimed to analyse the existing regulatory frameworks at national or sectorial level to demonstrate compliance with the general safety requirements for mate...
The aim of this document is to assist users of diffusion models to predict conservative, upper bound specific migration values from plastic food contact materials for compliance purposes by providing guidance on the relevant input parameters....
This report presents the results of the 2013 follow up of the EURL-FCM 2012 ILC formaldehyde and melamine in food contact migration solution. In the 2012, out of the 62 laboratories who submitted results, 23 laboratories (ca. 37%) had results that showed some discrepancies affecting the analysis...
Delegates of 25 National Reference Laboratories (NRLs), and Bastiaan Schupp from the Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) gathered in Dublin for the plenary workshop of June 2012 hosted by the Food Standard Agency of Ireland The plenary was chaired by C. Simoneau, operating ma...
This report presents the results of the EU Interlaboratory comparison (ILC) of the EURL-FCM, which were obtained in the identification and the quantification of unknown substances in the food simulant E. Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 establishes poly(2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide) (e.g. Tenax®) as...
This report presents the results of the ILC of the EURL-FCM, which focused on the quantification of Primary Aromatic Amines (PAAs) in migration solutions of 3% acetic acid from food contact materials. In particular the exercise was focused on the determination of the aniline, 4,4 MDA, 2,4 TDA an...
This report outlines the results of the Workshop Technical Guidelines on Migration Testing under Regulation EU No 10/2011....
