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Food contact materials made of metal

Metal items that come into direct contact with food include drinks cans, saucepans and vacuum flasks as well as screws and nuts.

Drinks cans are food contact materials made of metal
Food contact products made of metal often have epoxy resin coatings to protect against corrosion. Typical examples include lids of jars containing preserved vegetables or fruit. Our testing and consulting are based on the guideline "Metals and alloys used in food contact materials and articles" published by the EDQM (European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Health Care). It regulates the limit values for the migration of 21 metals into the test simulants citric acid 0.5% and test water after the first to third contact.

Analysis and consulting - our range of services:

  • Testing and confirmation of the conformity of 21 metals as per the guideline "Metals and alloys used in food contact materials and articles"
  • Harmful substances: lead and cadmium migration
  • Sensory testing
  • X-ray fluorescence analysis for determining metal
  • Risk-based SVHC screening

Our services in the field of epoxy resin coatings:

  • Migration analysis of BADGE/NOGE/BFDGE and bisphenol A as well as epichlorohydrin for metal food contact products coated with epoxy resin

Your contact for analysis and consulting for food contact materials

Remy Reboulet

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