EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of DIN 10955 testing. The standard specifies test methods for the sensory analysis of packaging materials intended for the packaging of foodstuffs in direct contact with the packaging material.
The rationale for this test is to identify the migration of odor and tasteless substances from the material on the foodstuff. The test is valid for assessing whether the material is suitable for packaging of foodstuffs that are intended to come into contact with it. This standard only partially applies to the sensory analysis of paper and board.
The DIN 10955 standard describes test methods for evaluating changes in the sensory properties of foodstuffs caused by packaging. This standard applies to all materials used for packaging foodstuffs, for example paper, cardboard, plastic, foil or wood. Also, in order to check food compatibility from a sensory point of view, the scope is expanded to include any object intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, for example kitchen utensils, coatings, brochures or pieces of equipment such as gaskets or pipes.
In the case of specific packaging, sensory analyzes allow to understand whether the container retains the organoleptic properties of the food unchanged or has changed due to volatile substances migrating into it. This feature of containers in contact with food is also a requirement stipulated in the legal regulation numbered 1935/2004.
The test covers sensory active substances that, under defined conditions, pass from the test material to the air gap (odor test) or pass through the air gap or pass into the test substance in direct contact (taste test). The ability of the tested foodstuffs to absorb or dissolve these substances plays a role in determining the test time. The odor test is carried out under defined conditions after a certain storage period of the test preparations. Taste test is performed by difference tests on test items.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with DIN 10955 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.
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