Food contact materials - Selection Criteria

The aim of the articles on the "food suitability of materials" is to help the reader take stock of the current situation in terms of standards and regulations, and to help him find his way around the texts in order to choose materials suitable for contact with foodstuffs. This series comprises four articles:

• [Doc. M 4 490] Regulations ;

• [Doc. M 4 491] European and American directives ;

• current article Selection criteria ;

• [Doc. M 4 493] Find out more.

The choice of materials must be appropriate to the conditions of use.

The "materials sheets" in this article set out the procedures for verifying suitability for food contact in the context of specific regulations or in the absence of regulations.