Abstract
Melamine plastic is a popular type of food contact material because the tableware is rather inexpensive, is durable and is produced in many colours and design. Residual monomers of melamine and formaldehyde may migrate out of the finished product into the foodstuffs. Specific migration limits for melamine and formaldehyde are in force by European Commission Regulation.
In total 30 samples of tableware were analysed. Migration tests found one non-compliance sample that exceeded the specific migration limit (SML). The sample was non-compliance with respect to melamine.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food has in 2020 been amended with Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1245/2020 setting new requirements for three subsequent migration tests for articles that are in repeated contact with food. The specific migration must not increase between the three migration tests and the stability of the material shall be established even if SML is not exceeded in any of the three tests.
An EU harmonised approach for the stability test is not yet published but if preliminary discussed procedures are used on the collected 30 articles, up to approximately two-thirds of them will not comply with the stability requirement.
In total 30 samples of tableware were analysed. Migration tests found one non-compliance sample that exceeded the specific migration limit (SML). The sample was non-compliance with respect to melamine.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food has in 2020 been amended with Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1245/2020 setting new requirements for three subsequent migration tests for articles that are in repeated contact with food. The specific migration must not increase between the three migration tests and the stability of the material shall be established even if SML is not exceeded in any of the three tests.
An EU harmonised approach for the stability test is not yet published but if preliminary discussed procedures are used on the collected 30 articles, up to approximately two-thirds of them will not comply with the stability requirement.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Technical University of Denmark |
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| Number of pages | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |