Food Safety Services - Food Hazards

Food Physical Hazard Risk Evaluation, Assessment and Consulting:

• Intertek RAM provides clients with research, data resources and expertise in identifying food, packaging and consumer behavior factors that expose potential choking hazard risks from food products and packaging.

Food Packaging and Utensils Analysis:

• Intertek laboratory testing expertise in polymers, laminate film and package testing helps clients with food packaging quality issues.
• Package chemical migration and food contact testing.
• The Intertek laboratory network can test and investigate packaging issues involving materials, package stability, trace chemical migration, odors, taints, off-notes, package leaching, food contamination, flavor degradation, product defects and more.

Food Package Choking Hazards:

• Intertek RAM reviews packaging design and materials for potential risks of physical harm to consumers.
  
  Convenience packaging can increase the risk of choking. Intertek has an extensive incident and consumer behavior database. When combined with Intertek knowledge of consumer behavior to analyze design and usage risks, a safer design and materials solution can be devised for food packaging and food products.

Food Package Burn Hazards:

• Microwave and self-heating food packaging can increase the risk of burn injuries.
  
  Intertek RAM utilizes an extensive injury database combined with consumer behavior knowledge to predict foreseeable use of food products and packaging. Such predictions help evaluate potential risk of burns from various package design alternatives.

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