Prediction Of Specific Migration From Packaging Material Into Food

The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, have produced a simulation program which can be used to predict the amount of a substance (additive, contaminant, residual monomer) that migrates from a plastic packaging material into the contained food during a given time. This program is designated as a scientific tool for people active in food packaging: the material producer could check the compliance of a material with the SML values (comparison of Qm with SML), the laboratory specialist could use the calculated concentrations to design the experimental conditions of a migration test. For more information please contact: info@bag.admin.ch or see the website listed above.