Consumer Products

Food contact materials

J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o. laboratories provide comprehensive services, guidance and accredited laboratory tests by understanding the European landscape of regulatory requirements in accordance with the European Framework Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

 

Our offer on the most popular materials:

 

Plastic materials testing:

  • sensory analysis
  • overall migration
  • specific migration
  • heavy metals screening
  • restricted substance such as phthalates, bisphenol A and mineral oils
  • barrier property test (permeability of CO2, O2, N2 and water vapor)
  • microbiological purity

 

Paper and board materials testing:

  • sensory analysis
  • overall migration
  • heavy metals screening
  • according to the recommendation XXXVI of the German Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
  • according to the Industry Guideline for the Compliance of Paper & Board Materials and Articles for Food Contact, Issue 2 September 2012
  • mineral oils content
  • microbiological purity

 

Metal and alloy materials testing:

  • sensory analysis
  • according to “Metals and alloys used in food contact materials and articles A practical guide for manufacturers and regulators” issued by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare / Committee of Experts on Packaging Materials for Food and Pharmaceutical Products (P-SC-EMB) 1st Edition, 2013.
  • microbiological purity

 

Rubber and silicone materials testing:

  • sensory analysis
  • overall migration
  • heavy metals screening
  • microbiological purity

 

Glass and ceramic materials testing:

  • migration of cadmium and lead
  • microbiological purity