Export support for selected products to Israel
Export support for selected products to Israel ITC and The Standard Institution of Israel have entered into a "Unilateral Recognition Agreements" for selected product areas.
The category of food-contact materials includes all materials and articles intended to come into the contact with foodstuff, food material and meals during whole production process including a process of measuring, wrapping, storage, transportation and serving. In addition the raw materials like plastic granules used for manufacturing of products and materials belong also into FCM (Food Contact Materials) category. FCM have to meet a range of hygienic requirements aiming to ensure the safety and quality of food and reducing risks negatively affecting consumer´s health. FCM producers (importers) shall issue declaration of compliance with Regulation EU 1935/2004 and specific measures valid for the single commodities before placing FCM on the market. ITC provides full laboratory testing verifying FCM compliance with valid EU and Czech regulations (migration tests, evaluation of sensorial properties and assessment of composition of FCM) necessary for issuing the declaration of compliance.
Only the substances set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) 10/2011 (the Union list of authorised substances) may be intentionally used in the manufacture of plastic articles and materials intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. Many of them are restricted by their specific migration limits (SML), the other ones are restricted by the overall migration limit 60mg/kg of food. ITC offers verification of migration of more than 200 substances (monomers, stabilizers, plasticizers, solvents, photoinitiators) into food simulants. ITC laboratory can also develop new analytical methods in case the method has not been available yet.
ITC laboratory experts can suggest appropriate testing conditions for overall and specific migrations and in addition specify relevant range testing for purpose of the FCM safety assessment and issuing of compliance declaration in relation to materials and intended conditions of use.
ITC laboratory provides the specific migrations not only on the products and materials made from plastics but also on other materials and products according to the requirements given by EU, Czech Republic and other member countries regulations and alternatively according to the clients requirements
Dipl. Ing. Sarka Kopeckova
Dipl. Ing. Daniel Vit
MUDr. Beata Janouskova
Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology
trida Tomase Bati 299, Louky, 763 02 Zlin
Czech Republic
Responsibility for the up-to-dateness of the data: Ing. Daniel Vít