Advice of the Scientific Committee of the Belgian Food Safety Agency on the risk assessment of migration from food contact materials - explorative case studies

In this opinion, the issue of migrating components from food contact materials (FCM; packaging, but also e.g. utensils, pipes, storage tanks) is discussed by means of a number of exploratory case studies. The issue and risk assessment of components migrating from FCM is complex since it is not only about packaging, but also objects and other materials that come into contact with food. Moreover, different substances may be used to provide FCM the desired functionality and the identity and toxicity of potentially migrating substances are not always known (cf. NIAS or 'Non-Intentionally Added Sub... Mehr ...