Migration into food

EU point of view

Dr. Annette Schäfer

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 Warning

The content of this lecture does not

necessarily represent the position of the
European Commission

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 Migration

Food

Contact time Migration Packaging

Contact
temperature

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 The Golden Rule
Framework Regulation (EC) 1935/2004

No transfer of constituents into food in

concentrations that could
¾ endanger Human Health
¾ change in Characteristics of Food
‰ Taste
‰ Odour
‰ Composition
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 Translation for specific materials
RCF Ceramic Plastics

Substances Authorisation Restriction Authorisation/

/Restriction Restriction
Limits
Residual QM QM
content QMA
Migration SML SML
OML

Testing Simulant Food

Simulant
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 Plastics
2002/72/EC

OML 60 mg/kg food or 10 mg/dm2

SML mg/kg or mg/dm2
Verification of compliance according to
82/711/EEC and 85/572/EEC

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 Plastics
2002/72/EC

Migration testing
Residual content below SML
Residual content and migration modelling
below SML (simulants)

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 Plastics

82/711/EEC

LIMITS TEST MEDIA

OML into or onto food
SML into or onto food simulant

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 Plastics

82/711/EEC
VERIFICATION

FOOD FOOD SIMULANT

Under most extreme Conventional testing
conditions of time and following basic rules
temperature foreseen
in actual use

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 Plastics
82/711/EEC
Simulant or or
A Destilled water equivalent

B 3 % Acetic acid
(w/v)
C 10 % Ethanol Adjusted to
(v/v) higher EtOH
content
D Rectified Olive Corn oil, 95% Ethanol
oil Sunflower oil, +Isooctane
HB307 +MPPO
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 Plastics
85/572/EEC
Simulant or or
A Destilled water equivalent

B 3 % Acetic acid
(w/v)
C 15 % Ethanol Adjusted to
(v/v) higher EtOH
content
D Rectified Olive oil Sunflower oil,
(specification) HB307
(specification)
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 Plastics
Dry foods and ready to eat food
82/711/EEC 85/572/EEC
No simulant assigned No simulant assigned
for dry foods for foods like:
Test carried out on Cereal, pasta, flour,
foods dried fruit, egg
powder, milk powder,
deep frozen food,
spices
Packaging

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 Plastics
Fatty foods
82/711/EEC 85/572/EEC
Simulant D Simulant D reduction
Substitute simulants factor
Alternative simulants

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 Plastics
Testing conditions for simulants 82/711/EEC
Time Temperature
0,5 h 5 °C
1h 20 °C
2h 40 °C
4h 70 °C
24 h 100 °C or reflux
10 days 121 °C
130 °C
150 °C
175 °C

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 Plastics
Translation into CEN standards

CEN
EN 1168 Overall migration plastics
EN 13130 Specific migration plastics
EN Fatty food contact
EN 14235 polymeric coating on metal
substrate

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 Plastics
Future Changes 4th amendment 2002/72/EC

Fat consumption reduction factor (FRF)

Total consumption factor (TRF = DRF+FRF)

Simulant for milk in 85/572/EEC

Simulant D 50 % Ethanol

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 Plastics
Future Changes Plastics Regulation

Compilation of all texts on plastics into 1 text

restrictions/specification/migration testing

Differentiation between legal provisions and

provisions in guidelines

Applicability for other materials such as

plastic coated multilayers

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 Thank you for your attention
JRC website
http://crl-fcm.jrc.it

EFSA website
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/

SANCO website
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/food/food/chemicalsafety/
foodcontact/index_en.htm

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