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How to Succeed with Migration Testing as per Latest EU Regulations

How to Succeed with Migration Testing as per Latest EU Regulations
Language: English
Length: 90 min
Recorded on: 28 May 25

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Course Description

Avoid rejection of your food contact approval application with a well-defined migration testing strategy in accordance with the latest EU food contact regulations (18th & 19th amendment included).

Industry expert Andreas Grabitz will help you in:

  • Identifying reaction products & possible non-intentionally added substances (NIAS)
  • Generating accurate data for your approval application
  • Managing Bisphenol A and UVCBs purity criteria challenges implemented by latest revision of plastic jurisdiction
  • Determining what are the contents and value of a Declaration of Compliance (DoC)
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Andreas Grabitz worked with Eurofins Consumer Product Testing for 20 years, dealing with the analysis and test plan generation for food contact materials while also consulting customers from food and packaging industries. Beginning of 2025 Andreas left Eurofins and established his own consultancy business - FCMExperts.

His main focus is efficient test plan generation in order to enable packaging manufacturers to demonstrate compliance of their product portfolio with as few tests as possible. Doctor of Chemistry, Andreas is an active senior consultant for packaging manufacturers with a focus on conformity work and risk management.

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Why should you view this course?

The European Commission’s updated regulations, including the 18th and 19th amendments to EU Framework Regulation 1935/2004, have introduced stricter controls on plastic packaging. With a focus on the BPA ban and the identification and risk assessment of Non-Intentionally Added Substances (NIAS), compliance has become more complex. These regulations require thorough toxicological evaluations, especially when migration levels exceed 10 µg/kg food, to ensure food safety.

In addition to EU guidelines, new packaging regulations in the US are adding another layer of complexity. Regulatory scrutiny has intensified, requiring comprehensive toxicological evaluations and detailed data submissions to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Insufficient data could lead to rejected applications, market restrictions, and increased costs. Stay ahead with the latest compliance strategies and scientific approaches to ensure your packaging remains market-ready and fully compliant.

Join this course to:

  1. Avoid application rejection for your food-safe materials by developing an effective migration testing strategy — define petition scope and generate relevant data.

  2. Efficiently characterize migration of substances into food and identify potential NIAS (Non-Intentionally Added Substances) for which data must be generated.

  3. Save time and costs by properly preparing and utilizing a Declaration of Compliance (DoC) when developing food-safe materials.

  4. Avoid regulatory setbacks by mastering higher purity criteria for additives of unknown or variable composition (UVCB)—ensure compliance while mitigating the latest Bisphenol A (BPA) restrictions.

Who should join this course?

  • This course is for people involved in the production of food contact materials including, Polymer manufacturers, Compounders, Converters, and Manufacturers of final articles coming into contact with food

    Additionally, people working in the fields of Chemistry Technology Manufacturing processes will benefit from this course.

  • Complete the course and (unlock your personalized certificate)– your badge of accomplishment awaits!

  • This course is suitable for advanced level proficiency
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Questions you will be able to answer after this course:

  1. How do I build an EU-compliant migration-testing strategy tailored to my polymer/article, food type, and use conditions under the latest (18th & 19th) updates?

  2. What exactly must a Declaration of Compliance (DoC) contain, and who holds which responsibilities across the supply chain?

  3. How can I design an efficient test plan that generates the minimum but sufficient data to support approval and my DoC without over-testing?

  4. How do I identify and prioritize NIAS/reaction products from screening, and when is a toxicological evaluation required?

  5. What practical steps should I take to address the latest EU Bisphenol A ban within my portfolio, test plans, and documentation?

  6. What did the 19th amendment change about high-purity criteria (including UVCBs), and how do I demonstrate compliance in practice?

  7. How do I connect migration-testing results to robust compliance documentation that withstands EU scrutiny (and anticipate US packaging expectations where relevant)?

  8. When should I rely on upstream supplier data versus commissioning new tests, and how should I structure data requests through the supply chain?

  9. How do I keep test plans and DoCs up to date as regulations evolve and new restrictions are introduced?

  10. What are the most common reasons applications get rejected or delayed and how can I proactively avoid them?

Course Outline

Introduction

  • Food contact and food-safe materials
  • EU food contact regulation requirements

How to develop your migration testing strategy in accordance with EU regulations?

Declaration of Compliance (DoC)

  • Responsibility in the supply chain
  • Contents and value of a DoC
  • Migration testing in the frame of compliance documentation

NIAS identification and risk assessment

How to keep up-to-date with the latest developments

  • Latest ban of Bisphenol A
  • 19th amendment and high degree of purity of food contact substances

Conclusion and Key-Takeways

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