- Standard No.
- BS EN 1186-13:2002
- Release Date
- 2002
- Published By
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Latest
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BS EN 1186-13:2002
- Replace
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DD ENV 1186-13-1999
- Scope
- This European Standard specifies test methods for the determination of the overall migration into fatty food
simulants from plastics materials and articles, by total immersion of test specimens in a fatty food simulant at
temperatures from 100 °C up to and including, 175 °C for selected times. Also described is a procedure with a
substitute test medium. In this substitute procedure the mass of components adsorbed on modified polyphenylene
oxide (MPPO) is taken as a measure for the assessment of the overall migration into olive oil.
NOTE 1 The total immersion test method has been written for use with the fatty food simulant, olive oil. The test method can
also be used with appropriate modifications with 'other fatty food simulants' called simulant D - a synthetic mixture of
triglycerides, sunflower oil and corn oil. These other fatty food simulants produce different chromatograms for the simulant
methyl esters to those of the methyl esters of olive oil. Suitable chromatogram peaks of the methyl esters of the other fatty food
simulants should be selected for the quantitative determination of the simulant extracted from the test specimens.
NOTE 2 A comparative migration test carried out with polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate high temperature
application containers as test samples at conditions 2 h at 100 °C and 2 h at 175 °C, respectively, in contact with 14C-labelled
synthetic triglyceride and MPPO provided test results comparable within the analytical tolerance of the methods.
NOTE 3 To obtain reproducible and repeatable results using the MPPO method it may be necessary to measure the
temperature of the test specimen before starting the migration period. An appropriate method for measuring the temperature of
the test specimen needs to be established.
The described methods are most suitable for food contact articles in the form of sheets and films, but can also be
applied to a wide range of articles and containers.
BS EN 1186-13:2002 history
- 2002 BS EN 1186-13:2002 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Plastics - Test methods for overall migration at high temperatures
BS EN 1186-13:2002 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Plastics - Test methods for overall migration at high temperatures has been changed from DD ENV 1186-13-1999 Materials and Articles in Contact with Foodstuffs - Plastics - Part 13: Test Method for Overall Migration at High Temperatures.