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Food contact materials
Food contact materials are materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods such as:
Packaging materials; Cutlery and dishes; Processing machines; Containers; Materials and articles in contact with water for human consumption.
The term does not cover fixed public or private water supply equipment. Ensuring that what we eat is safe does not stop at testing the food itself. Everything that comes in contact with food as it is produced, packaged, transported, stored, prepared and consumed also needs to be safe. Materials such as plastics, paper and board, metals, ceramics are commonly used for the manufacturing of food packaging, but also kitchenware and cutlery and food processing equipments. The safety of such materials relies on ensuring that during contact there is no migration of unsafe levels of chemical substances from the material to the food. The European Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials (EURL-FCM) provides scientific and technical assistance to the EU and the Member States. It organizes interlaboratory comparison exercises and conducts training courses for the benefit of National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and of experts from developing countries. It is supported by a Network of National Reference Laboratories. Food contact materials data base: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco_foods/main/?event=display
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