What is Food Contact Testing? On Which Packaging Materials Are LFGB Tests Performed? What Tests Does the LFBG Standard Cover?
Almost all the foods we consume are packaged on the market shelves. The packaging production sector is a huge market and is produced from plastic, metal, glass, paper and many kinds of raw materials. During the long-term contact of foods with packaging materials or kitchen materials such as plates, pots and pans, there is the passage of some substances harmful to human health. This situation, called migration, is controlled on packaging materials.
LFGB (lebensmittel- und futtermittelgesetzbuch) Food Grade Tests have been developed for foods to come into contact with packaging materials or any container, kitchenware, etc. LFGB is an abbreviation for “Food and Feed Laws” in German. The products tested under the LFGB tests can be listed as follows:
State-of-the-art products such as barbecue grill for chrome plating, Teflon coated cooking pan durability test and silicone gaskets on kettle.
Typically used in ceramics, composites, plastics, PVC, plasticizers, paper products, leather, textiles, cosmetics, tobacco, etc. located in the fields.
If a product bears the Fork and Knife Logo, you can tell that the product is suitable for sale in the German and European market. The Fork and Knife Logo indicates that the product has been tested according to many German and European standards.
LFGB Food Grade Test Based on EC 76/769/EEC and EC 1935/2004
Analysis of packaging and materials in contact with foodstuffs is based on two framework directives. EC No. 1935/2004 defines basic document and testing requirements, and EC Directive 76/769/EEC outlines restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances.
