Injection Molding Industry: Ensuring Compliance of Food Contact Plastic Materials—FDA Testing Is Essential

FDA testing refers to a series of tests conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure product safety and compliance. Packaging, tableware, containers, small appliance components, and other items that come into contact with food must comply with FDA standards. As a commonly used food contact material, plastic materials are subject to the following FDA testing requirements:

1. Migration Testing: This includes total migration testing and specific migration testing, which assess the total amount of substances released by the material under simulated food contact conditions, as well as the migration levels of specific harmful substances (such as heavy metals and phthalates).

2. Component Analysis: This verifies whether the material complies with the FDA's list of permitted substances, such as those outlined in 21 CFR 175-189.

3. Physical property testing: Such as thermal stability testing and durability testing, to assess the stability of the material under high-temperature, freezing, or microwave conditions.

4. Sensory testing: To ensure that the material does not alter the taste, odor, or appearance of the food.

When processing various products that come into direct or indirect contact with food, such as dishwashers, blenders, air fryers, and disposable tableware, injection molding companies must pay attention to material selection to ensure compliance with FDA standards. Especially for modified plastics, which may have many colorants and additives added during processing, it is necessary to ensure that they do not leach out and affect the environmental performance of the plastic.

You can consult QINGDAO PRIMETECH PLASTICS CO.,LTD. MEITAI offers a range of FDA-grade plastics, including food-grade dyed ABS/PP, PP+TD food-grade, and PP+GF food-grade, which have been widely applied in products such as water filters, juicers, dishwashers, and tableware.

QINGDAO PRIME UNION TRADE has been acting as the agent of Mitsubishi raw materials since 2002. It has offices in Zibo and Qingdao, with sales offices and warehouses. The raw materials are in sufficient stock and can be shipped at any time. The company is registered in Qingdao Free Trade Zone and has the right to import and export. It can carry out re-export trade, customs manual trade --customs supervision, and general trade in US dollars in the zone. At the same time, our brother company Qingdao Meitai Plastic is a modification plant with 16 years of experience, which can provide one-stop services for plastic modification, dyeing, and injection molding. If you need our products, please feel free to call us or leave a message/online communication.