Report of an inter-laboratory comparison from the European Union Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials: ILC01 2015 – Temperature control during migration tests by article filling
This report presents the results of an inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) on the temperature control during migration tests
by article filling organised by the EURL-FCM, Ispra (Italy). Participants carried out a migration test by article filling in
provided polypropylene cups (volume 0.3 L) with food simulant D1 (ethanol 50 %, v/v) at 70°C for 2 h and monitored the
temperature of the food simulant inside one of the test specimen during the contact phase and provide details for the
operating procedure. The participation to the ILC was satisfactory. The results show that 30% of the 53 migration
experiments performed by the 45 laboratories were successful (scoring 100%) meaning that the temperature of the
food simulant was in the desired range during the full contact time. It is clear that this result will trigger further
discussion to improve the temperature control during a migration test. The information provided by the laboratories
through the questionnaire gives a first insight in the factors that can be important to reach a satisfactory score. This
discussion should lead to the selection of one or more methods for temperature control during migration testing. These
selected methods need to be compared in a future ILC.
TSOCHATZIS Emmanouil;
MIETH Anja;
SIMONEAU Catherine;
HOEKSTRA Eddo;
2016-12-19
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC100836
978-92-79-57669-0 (online),
978-92-79-80137-2 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 27826,
OP LB-NA-27826-EN-N (online),
OP LB-NA-27826-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC100836,
10.2788/536852 (online),
10.2788/737190 (print),
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