Analysis of the regulatory framework and methodological problems of household foil testing with regard to the amount of aluminum migration into food products

The paper shows that the technical regulation of the Russian Federation regarding the safety of aluminum foil for consumer health has a number of methodological problems. We studied the laboratory test reports and found the reasons that could cause the lack of reproducibility of the studies' results for a number of identical aluminum foil samples. A number of differences were identified in domestic and foreign regulatory and procedural documents on the evaluation of household foil testing with regard to the amount of aluminum migration from packaging materials into food products. It is necessary to clarify the methods for sanitary-chemical research of products in contact with food. It is proposed to conduct a detailed study of the conformity of specific model media to certain food products and make changes and additions to regulatory and methodical instruments as a result.

алюминий, фольга бытового назначения, допустимый уровень миграции, лабораторные испытания, методологические проблемы, аluminum, household foil, specific migration limit, laboratory tests, methodological problems

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