Comparability of results is an important feature of the measurements carried out for official controls purposes. In the area of food contact materials and articles comparability of results is dependent on the availability of samples representative of the consignment, the type of exposure and the test conditions used as well as on the performance of the method of analysis.
These guidelines contain practical information on sampling, migration testing and methodologies for the analytical determination of primary aromatic amines and of formaldehyde.
These guidelines were developed specifically in the context of the Regulation 284/2011 laying down specific conditions and detailed procedures for the import of polyamide and melamine plastic kitchenware originating in or consigned from [the] People's Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
These guidelines have been prepared by the European Union Reference Laboratory in collaboration with its EU official Network of National Reference Laboratories and have been endorsed by the European Commission competent service DG Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) and its network of Member State Competent Authorities. They are primarily addressed to official control laboratories, national reference laboratories and third party laboratories for providing certificates of compliance. The sampling strategy is addressed to the points of first introduction of import goods in the EU.
SIMONEAU Catherine;
HOEKSTRA Eddo;
BRADLEY Emma;
BUSTOS Juana;
GOLJA Viviana;
KAPPENSTEIN Oliver;
KALSBEEK Dita;
KEEGAN John;
MILANA Maria Rosaria;
CWIEK-LUDWICKA Kazimiera;
PETERSEN Jens;
POLZ Markus;
SAUVEGRAIN Patrick;
VANHEE Friedle;
SIMONEAU Catherine;
2012-01-12
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC64903
978-92-79-20201-8 (print),
978-92-79-20202-5,
1018-5593 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 24815 EN,
OP LB-NA-24815-EN-C (print),
OP LB-NA-24815-EN-N,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC64903,
10.2788/19565,
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