Food Contact Articles Testing

It is very important to ensure the safety and quality of your food contact products and to protect consumer health. Your products in contact with food such as plates, glasses, flatware, cutlery, cookware, cooking utensils, travel utensils, thermal food containers should be checked within the scope of relevant regulations and standards to determine their reliability and quality.

Since food contact products are used to facilitate cooking, eating and drinking, they must be safe in use and bacterial. Hazardous chemicals should not contaminate the food during use. These products can be made of a wide variety of materials such as glass, ceramic, plastic, stainless steel, enamel. Major food contact chemical safety regulatory compliance tests worldwide are as follows:

• USA – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food contact article requirements, as well as state requirements such as California's Proposition 65
• Europe – Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 for General Food Contact Materials Harmonization, Regulation (EU) 10/2011 for Plastic Products, Council Directive 84/500/EEC for Ceramics plus Germany, Italy and France Additional requirements for individual countries
• China – GB 4806
• Japan – Food Sanitation Law
• Korea – Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Quality and Performance Testing

Also Various physical and mechanical tests are also required to ensure the quality, reliability and durability of your food contact products:

• Dishwasher safe/hand wash test
• Microwave durability
• Thermal shock /freze resistance
• Cold and hot holding power
• Impact toughness
• Coating performance (scratch, adhesion and wear)
• Annealing properties
• Flammability
• Insulation properties
• Corrosion resistance
• Durability evaluation
• Labeling evaluation
• Performance comparison