Materials & Fuels, NABL-accredited lab
Food Contact Material
10 working days
Standard turnaround from sample receipt
NABL TC-5843
Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Migration cells and simulant ovens
Primary technique on this service
14,000 sq. ft.
Integrated laboratory in Jaipur
This service measures what moves from packaging into food. Articles are held against food simulants under defined time and temperature conditions, and the substances that migrate out, monomers, plasticisers, metals and additives, are quantified against FSSAI and EU limits.
Qualifying a new film, laminate, container or utensil
FSSAI packaging compliance for a product already on shelf
Switching resin grade, supplier or printing ink
A buyer or retailer audit asks for migration data
What we test on this service
Panels are built from the list below. Tell us the market and the specification and we select the parameters it calls for rather than selling you the whole sheet.
Overall migration
Specific migration
Heavy metals migration
Primary aromatic amines (PAA)
Phthalates and plasticisers
Bisphenols and epoxy derivatives
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
Formaldehyde and other restricted chemicals
Residual solvents and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Organoleptic properties (odour and taste)
Total and specific extractable substances
Packaging safety and regulatory compliance
Method
How the analysis runs
Instrumentation and controls
Every batch runs with the controls its method requires, on calibrated equipment, and a second analyst reviews the data before the report is released.
Standards and methods
Results are reported against the method below, or against your buyer's specification where you send one with the sample.
Ask for the full NABL scope document if you need to confirm accredited coverage before sending the sample.
Not sure which parameters your buyer wants?
Send us the specification. We will tell you what to test and what it costs, at no charge.
The approvals this work is issued under
Migration and extractable scopes sit under NABL TC-5843 and satisfy FSSAI packaging compliance, with EU 10/2011 panels available for export.
Before you send it
1 square metre of film or sheet, or 10 finished articles, with the material declaration and the intended food type and contact temperature.
10 working days. Migration tests have fixed contact times set by the method.
Flexible and rigid packaging converters
Food brands qualifying new packaging
Utensil, tableware and melamine manufacturers
Importers of packaging and food service ware
Send a sample
Fill in the Test Request Form, pack the sample as described above and courier it to the Jaipur laboratory. Call us first if the sample is perishable.
Get the TRFRelated queries
Questions we get asked
Which simulant applies to my product?
It depends on the food type and contact conditions. Tell us the product and fill temperature and we select the simulant set the regulation prescribes.
Do I need to test every colour of the same article?
Yes where the pigment or masterbatch differs, because heavy metal extractables depend on the colourant.
Can you test a laminate as a whole?
Yes. Migration is tested on the finished structure with the food contact layer facing the simulant, which is how the regulation intends it.
How often should packaging be retested?
On every change of resin grade, supplier, ink or structure, and otherwise annually for the products already in use.
Request a quote
Tell us what you need tested
Send the product, the market it ships to and the standard you are being held to. Our technical team replies with the parameter list, the sample quantity we need and a firm turnaround. Quotes usually go out the same working day.
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