Testing conditions for kitchenware articles in contact with foodstuffs
The EURL-FCM harmonised approach series
The European Union Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials (EURL-FCM) and the National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of the network have agreed on a set of test conditions, i.e. contact temperature and contact time, to ensure the comparability of measurement results reported in the frame of the implementation of official controls for FCM (Regulation (EU) 2017/625). These test conditions apply only for home use articles. These test conditions may be used as a starting point for establishing test conditions for articles for industrial use (e.g. food processing) where the applicable test conditions could be different.
The comprehensive Annexes included in this fifth edition of the kitchenware report replace the relevant sections in JRC's “Guidelines on testing conditions for articles in contact with foodstuffs (with a focus on kitchenware)" of 2009 and the first four editions of the report published in 2019 (Ed. 1), 2020 (Ed. 2), 2021 (Ed. 3) and (Ed. 4) 2023.
BELDI Giorgia;
SENALDI Chiara;
POKORSKA Olga;
LARCHER Fabrizio;
ROBOUCH Piotr;
HOEKSTRA Eddo;
2025-11-28
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC144375
978-92-68-33797-4 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 40537,
OP KJ-01-25-578-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144375,
10.2760/4512810 (online),
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