Food Packaging and Food Container Testing

QC Tailored for the Food Packaging Industry

Because of the prolonged exposure to food and drink, all food contact items are a high-risk product category – and it’s your job to keep your customers safe. Reliable quality control and safety testing are of paramount importance to every supplier, manufacturer, and distributor of food containers and food contact items. Leverage our global experience testing a wide variety of food contact materials to make sure that your products comply with the required standards and regulations.

At QIMA, we offer fast and accurate laboratory testing for food contact items, food packaging, and containers, providing you with the best in client service and technical guidance. We guarantee an inspector to your manufacturing site within 48 hours, and you receive an inspection report the same day. For safety and chemical compliance, our network of fully certified laboratories offers a fast turnaround and results you can trust.

Food Contact Items & Food Packaging Testing Expertise

Our food packaging and food contact materials testing is customized to meet the unique quality control and safety challenges of this product category. QIMA inspectors and laboratory technicians conduct thorough product inspections and tests for the following categories of food, packaging and food contact items:

• Paper, glass, ceramic containers (single and multiple use)

• Cans, tins, bottles

• Plastic, metal, wood containers

• Ceramicware, glassware

• Cookware and hollowware

• Silver-plated ware

• Sports bottles and travel mugs

• Children’s feeding sets, sippy cups, and lunchboxes

Our inspectors and laboratory technicians conduct the following checks to ensure the quality and safety of your food contact items:

• Visual examination and evaluation

• Dimensions check

• Sensory testing and taint analysis

• Physical hazard assessment

• Color bleeding

• Composition check

• Overall and specific migration tests

• Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS)

• Volatile organic compounds

• Heavy metals (extractable and leachable)

• Residual monomers and solvents

• Impurities and byproducts

• REACH SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern)

Food Contact Items and Food Packaging Laboratory Testing Expertise

QIMA laboratory tests ensure that your food containers, food packaging and food contact items meet the quality and safety standards of your destination market. Our global network of fully accredited laboratories allows you to get the right test when and where you need it. We help you ensure compliance with a number of regulatory requirements, including:

USA and Canada Standards & Requirements

• FDA Extractable Lead & Cadmium (Interior)

• FDA Indirect Food Additives (FSSE)

• FDA Nitrosamines Content

• California Proposition 65 Settlement Review & Testing

• CPSIA Lead in Surface Coatings & Substrate Materials

• CPSIA Phthalate Content

• CPSIA Tracking Labels

• 16 CFR 500, Fair Packaging & Labeling Act

• Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation

• ASTM B117, Resistance to Corrosion (1%)

• ASTM D3359, Cross Cut Adhesion

• SOR/2018-83, Total Lead Content (Contact with Mouth) Regulation

• SOR/2016-175, Leachable Lead and Cadmium (Interior)

• SOR/2016-180, Infant Feeding Bottle Nipples (Nitrosamine)

• SOR/2016-188, Phthalates Regulation

• SOR/2011-17, Surface Coating Materials Regulation (Total Lead Content)

• Canada Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act

• Canada Making of Imported Goods Order (Country of origin)

• Charter of the French Language (Province of Quebec Labeling)

• Biphenol A Content (BPA)

• Model Toxics in Packaging

Europe Standards & Requirements

• Framework Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, Food Safety

• EU Regulation No. 10/2011, Plastic Materials in Contact with Food

• EN 14372, Child Use & Care Articles – Cutlery & Feeding Utensils

• EN 14350, Child Use & Care Articles – Drinking equipment

• EC Directive 94/62/EC, Heavy Metals Content in Packaging

• 84/500/EEC, Leachable Lead & Cadmium in Ceramicware

• BS 6748, Leachable Lead & Cadmium (Glass & Ceramicware)

• EC Directive 2007/42/EC, Regenerated Cellulose Film

• EC Directive 93/11/EEC, Nitrosamines

• Commission Regulation (EC) 1895/2005, BADGE, BFDGE, NOGE

• Various REACH requirements

Australia Standards & Requirements

• Australia Regulation 1956, Leachable Lead & Cadmium in Ceramicware

• AS 2070-1999, Plastics in Use with Food Contact

• Consumer Protection Notice No. 11 of 2011, DEHP Content

Other Standards

• China – Food Safety Law requirements

• Japan – Food Sanitation Law requirements

• Polymer Identification – FTIR

• Performance Tests including Thermal Shock, Microwavability and Dishwashing

Why QIMA for Product and Supplier Compliance?

The QIMA Benefits

• A network of global labs providing one-stop service to you and your suppliers

  Industry leading turnaround time for testing

• Testing capabilities covering a wide range of consumer products including electrical & electronics, hardlines, softlines, toys and juvenile products

• Lab experts trained and certified in regulatory standards and the newest testing methods

• Global technical support team with rich experience to help you build tailor-made testing programs

• Easy online and mobile booking and dashboard for managing orders and accessing data anywhere, any time