The main role of food packaging materials is to protect the product packed. Tight sealing and keeping contamination out of the package are significant but the packaging material itself has to be inert to the product, for the whole shelf life period. Chemical analysis aims to analyzing the inertness of various food contact materials. Framework regulation 1935/2004/EC establishes the measures and control tests that define a package as inert to the product.
For complicated systems, like polymers and plastics, specific regulations may apply. Legislation 10/2011/EC defines a positive list of substances that are allowed to be used for the manufacturing of food contact packaging and indicates the specific migration limits of the substances. Our fully equipped and accredited laboratory can verify and provide certification, according to the aforementioned legislation, that the packaging material is appropriate for use as a food contact material. As a result, producer and user of packaging materials offer a safe product to the final consumer.
