Service Content

Food contact materials and products may affect the odor, taste, and color of food during contact, and may release toxic chemicals such as heavy metals and additives. These chemicals can migrate into food and be ingested by the human body, posing a threat to human health.

GRGTEST can provide compliance testing for various national and international regulations in the field of food contact materials, including new national standards, EU standards, and requirements from major global regions such as Germany, France, Italy, and the United States.

The GRGTEST Chemical Analysis Center is equipped with multiple sets of international advanced testing equipment, and has a group of experienced senior consultants and technical experts who can provide you with one-stop solutions for food grade products in the United States/China/European Union, helping enterprises reduce the risk of violations.

Service scope

Eating utensils: knives, forks, bowls, chopsticks, spoons, cups, plates, etc.
Kitchen utensils: pot, shovel, cutting board, garlic press, apple slicer, peeler, slicer, dehydrator, etc.
Kitchen appliances: rice cookers, ovens, coffee makers, juicers, mixers, electric kettles, microwaves, light wave ovens, etc.
Food packaging materials: fresh-keeping bags, fresh-keeping boxes, storage tanks of various sizes, seasoning bottles, sealed cans, etc.
Baby and toddler products: baby bottles, pacifiers, baby utensils, drinking cups, etc.

Test Standards

US Food Contact Material Testing: FDA 21 CFR 174-189, CPG Sec. 545.400 & 545.450, GRAS
GB 4806 series for testing of food contact materials in China; GB/T 31604 series
EU Food Contact Material Testing:

(EU) No 10/2011
84/500/EEC
1895/2005/EC
93/11/EEC
AP(2004)1 /AP(2004)4 /AP(2004)5
CM/Res(2013)9

Test Items

Testing items	Testing content
Physical and mechanical performance testing	Color, odor, capacity, performance testing
Chemical testing	Comprehensive migration, soluble heavy metals, consumption of potassium permanganate, simulated liquid extraction, migration of specific substances
microorganism	Coliforms, Salmonella, Fungi, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes

Qualifications

1. China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS)

2. China Qualification Accreditation Metrology Certification (CMA)

Qualifications

Test cycle

Regular category: 7-9 working days

Long term storage: 12 working days

Our Srengths

Nationwide Service Coverage

GRGTEST is a comprehensive, state-owned third-party metrology and testing institution with a nationwide network. Its technical service guarantee network spans the entire country, and its chemical analysis laboratories are situated in six cities: Guangzhou, Wuxi, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Chongqing. This makes it convenient for customers to receive testing services in their vicinity.

Recognition by authoritative institutions

GRGTEST has received recognition and authorization from numerous domestic and international authoritative institutions and organizations, boasting a highly professional technical service team.

Professional technical services

Equipped with advanced chemical analysis and testing equipment, and a team of professional talents, GRGTEST's capabilities encompass providing testing, evaluation, certification, and training services for toxic and harmful substances (such as RoHS, REACH, POPs, VOC, ozone-depleting substances, etc.), material composition and performance analysis, reliability life prediction, food contact materials, and other fields.

Provision of customized services

With comprehensive testing capabilities and extensive service experience across various industries, GRGTEST can offer tailored solutions to our clients. We assist in the green and environmental management of corporate products, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements across different countries and regions.

Common problem

Q: What are food contact materials and food contact products?

A: Food Contact Material (FCM) refers to materials that come into contact with food under normal or foreseeable conditions of use. Products with some or all components being food contact materials can be referred to as food contact products, such as electric kettles, coffee machines, rice cookers, spoons, food packaging bags, etc.

Q: Why do food contact products not only need to meet general environmental requirements, but also higher safety standards?

A: Food contact materials may affect the odor, taste, and color of food during contact, and may release certain amounts of toxic and harmful components such as heavy metals, additives, and polymer monomers. These chemical components can migrate into food and be ingested by humans, directly endangering human health. Therefore, food contact materials need to meet higher safety standards than general products.

Q: Besides the EU market, which other markets globally have mandatory regulations on the hygiene and safety of food contact materials?

A: Due to the importance of food contact materials for food safety, major global markets including the European Union, China, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and other countries and regions have made mandatory regulations on the hygiene and safety of food contact materials. It is particularly important to note that the specific requirements of different markets vary greatly, and some are even incomparable. Therefore, when food contact products enter different markets, their compliance needs to be evaluated separately based on the specific requirements of each market.

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