Plastic Film Packaging Testing in Egypt

Enquiry:

our company is specialized in printing and lamination for plastic films , kindly advise what are the accredited testing labs  for making analysis for our printed packaging film  PET 12µ  / 18µ OPP Milky
below is a list of the required analysis and tests needed :

6.2.1.  OVERALL MIGRATION LIMITS (OML)      
ParameterStandardTest Method
Using Food Simulant E: Poly(2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide), particle size 60-80 mesh, pore size 200 nm<10 mg/dm2
-or-
<60 mg/kg
ES 6947-1/2009
EN 1186-1:2002
        
6.2.2.  SPECIFIC MIGRATION LIMITS (SML)      
ParameterStandardTest Method
Total Primary
Aromatic Amines (PAA)
≤0.01 mg/kg Food1796/2007
Octadecyl
3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-
4-hydroxyphenyl)
propionate
≤6 mg/kg FoodHPLC
N,N-bis(2 hydroxyethyl)
alkyl(C8-C18) amine and amine hydrochlorides
≤1.2 mg/kg Food
expressed as
N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl)
alkyl(C8-C18) amine
HPLC
Terephthalic acid (PTA)≤7.5 mg/kg Food
Isophthalic acid (IPA)≤5 mg/kg Food
Ethylene glycol (EG)
(Alone or with diethylene glycol or stearic acid esters of ethylene glycol)
≤30 mg/kg Food
Diethylene glycol (DEG)
(Alone or with diethylene glycol or stearic acid esters of ethylene glycol)
≤30 mg/kg Food
Antimony trioxide
(expressed as antimony)
≤0.04 mg/kg Food
6.2.3.  METALS MIGRATION LIMITS      
      
ParameterStandardTest Method
Barium (Ba)≤1 mg/kg FoodHPLC
Cobalt (Co)≤0.05 mg/kg Food
Copper (Cu)≤5 mg/kg Food
Iron (Fe)≤48 mg/kg Food
Lithium (Li)≤0.6 mg/kg Food
Manganese (Mn)≤0.6 mg/kg Food
Zinc (Zn)≤10 mg/kg Food
 
6.3. HEAVY METALS     
     
ParameterStandardTest Method
Cadmium (Cd)Sum ≤ 100 mg/kg FoodHPLC
Lead (Pb)
Mercury (Hg)
Chromium (Cr VI)
6.4. OTHER CONTAMINANTS      
      
ParameterStandardTest Method
Acrylonitrile≤0.001 mg/kgES 4245/2008
Total Solvents≤5 mg/cm2
of package surface
Ink StabilityPass Test

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