Packaging Migration and Food Contact Testing

The safety of food packaging and other food contact materials is of critical importance, with international and national extensive regulations covering chemical migration and food at all levels. Intertek has particular experience in both interpreting the appropriate legislation and providing test data in accordance with these standards.

Food Contact Regulations and Intertek Services:

• Overall migration testing according to EN 1186
• Specific migration testing according to EN 13130
• Testing according to European Pharmacopeia & FDA
• IFS packaging migration testing
• Testing according other national standards e.g. France/ The Netherlands
• Determination of residual content in packaging
• Development of methods to test specific migration
• Organoleptic testing

Intertek Food Package Expertise includes:

• Physical testing of packaging materials
• Packaging Permeability
• PET and rPET testing
• BRC/IOP services
• Hot- tack testing
• Bisphenol A testing
• Packaging odour/ taste identification
• Heavy Metals in Packaging Materials
• Plasticizers in Packaging Materials
• Toxics in packaging materials
• Chemical substances in Packaging Materials
• Testing under the European and Pharmacopea legislation
• Tracking development by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA)
• Extractables and leachables testing
  

Related Packaging Services:

• Polymer and Plastics Testing
• Food Testing Services
• Chemical Analysis
• Toxicology
• Consultancy

Food Contact Migration Services for Packaging Materials other languages:

• Migratietesten aan Verpakkingsmaterialen (NL)
• Migrationstests an Verpackungsmaterialien für die Lebensmittelindustrie (DE)