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Standard type:	Hausverfahren
Name:	Hausverfahren (externer Anbieter)
Designation:	Hausverfahren eines externen Anbieters
Akkreditiert:	nein

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SML (specific migration limit) analysis of individual substances for compliance assessment
Quantitative analysis of substances with limits (SML, SML(T), QM, QMA etc.) or non-evaluated substances by gas chromatography (e. g. HS-GC, GC/MS), liquid chromatography (e. g. HPLC/MS), mass spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS) in food simulants or foodstuffs after migration or (residual) content determination in the material or article.

10 ppb screening or NIAS screening (non-target analysis) semiquantitative
Semi-quantitative screening for the presence of NIAS (non-intentionally added substances) or some SML substances by GC-MS/FID after migration with food simulant ethanol 95% or ethanol 50% for foods with hydrophilic or lipophilic properties or simulant E (poly(2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide or Tenax ®) for dry foods. In principle, substances with molecular weights of approx. 100 - 700 Dalton (or approx. 100 -700 g/mol) can be detected with a limit of detection of 0,01 mg/kg food (simulant) (=10 ppb).

Heavy metals / metals
Elements according to the Packaging Directive 94/62 / EC (lead, cadmium, total chromium, mercury), EDQM Publication: Metals and alloys in food contact materials or metals in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011

PAA -Primary Aromatic Amines, specific migration by HPLC-MS/MS, multimethod
Primary aromatic amines, specific migration using a multi-method

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS)
Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) are a group of more than 10,000 estimated substances that are used in packaging, for example, due to their surface activity and thus their grease and water-repellent properties as well as their heat stability, but are also used as process aids and polymerization aids, surfactants, sealants or in paints. As they are not easily biodegradable, they are also referred to as "eternity chemicals". Some of these substances are absorbed by humans through food or drinking water. Of the relatively few well-studied PFAS, most are considered to be moderately to highly toxic, especially for children's development. In 2018, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) re-evaluated the diverse evidence on the toxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and in 2020 set tolerable weekly intake (TWI) limits of 4.4 ng/kg body weight per day in some foods. The assessment concluded that a significant proportion of the European population is likely to exceed the TWI limit due to the intake of PFAS through food and drinking water.

UV-VIS spectroscopy
UV-VIS spectroscopy

Residual solvents determination
DIN EN 13628-2 (industrial method), Headspace gas chromatography FID, multi-method, listing of solvents: methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propanol, cyclohexane, acetone, benzene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), 1-methoxy-2-propanol, toluene, n-propyl acetate, 1-ethoxy-2-propanol, 3-methoxy -1-butanol, isododecane, 1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate, 3-butoxy-2-propanol, diacetone alcohol, acetylacetone

Plasticizers
Multi-method for the determination of esters of phthalic acid or adipic acid and 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, diisononyl ester (DiNCH) by GC-MS

Organotin compounds
Determination of organotin compounds (methyltin, butyltin, octyltin, hexyltin and triphenyltin cations) after migration by multimethod.

Optical density
Characteristic value for specification of the light density of coloured or metallized films as well as other light-tight materials by densitometer instrument Gretag McBeth.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), content determination
Substances: acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, anthracene, benzo[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[g,h,i]peryrene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, chrysene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene,fluoranthene, fluorene, indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene, naphthaline, phenanthrene, pyrene. With extended testing effort additionally: 5-methylchrysene, benzo[c]fluorene, benzo[e]pyrene, benzo[j]fluoranthene, cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene, dibenzo[a,e]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]pyrene, dibenzo[a,i]pyrene, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene

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