Food Packaging Directives

The European regulation (EC) 1935/2004 defines fundamental requirements of food packaging for EU market.

According to this, packaging material shall neither transfer their ingredients into food in quantities that may impair human health, nor deteriorate aroma or taste.

Besides these very general rules some materials are regulated more in detail. Plastics and polymers are regulated inthe Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011, superseding EU Directive 2002/72/EC. The regulation contains restrictions, migration limit values, and specifications for testing - for safety of food when in contact with plastic materials. While the earlier EU Directive 2002/72 had to be adopted by each Member State in EU with the option of national modifications, this new regulation will become law in all EU Member States directly.

Eurofins Offer

Eurofins Product Testing Service and Consultancy on food packaging helps you with:

• Consultancy and Compliance strategies for food packaging materials
• IFS compliance strategy for food packaging requirements according to IFS 5
• Overall migration testing acc. to EN 1186 on food packaging made from plastic
• Specific migration testing acc. to EN 13130 on food packaging from plastic
• Residual monomer testing on food packaging materials
• Consultancy and Testing Services on food packaging

• Read more on consulting and testing
• Contact our national organisations or our specialists.

Further information

Information also is available in Danish, and in  German, and in  Italian.

 

For further information please contact our specialists:

Packaging Competence Center Denmark Packaging Competence Center Germany Packaging Competence Center Italy	+45 70 22 42 76 +49 40 570104 250 +39 335 747 02 87
or contact our national organisation in your country.