Food Contact Material Testing Certification In Japan By JFSL370

Japanese food contact material testing
Basic introduction
The Japanese food contact material testing regulations are controlled by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, Japan Food Sanitation Law 370 (Japan Food Sanitation Law 370), referred to as JFSL370.

The control scope of Japanese food material contact test JFSL370 mainly includes metal, glass, rubber, ceramics, plastics, paper, silicone, organic coatings, wood, etc. Among them, there are 13 kinds of plastics such as PVC, PE, PP, PS, PVDC, PET, PMMA, PC, PVOH, etc. Different materials have different test items.

Common materials for Japanese food contact materials are:
LWA 370's control scope for food-grade materials mainly includes rubber, metal, glass, ceramics, enamel glaze, plastics, paper, organic coatings, and wood. Japan JFSL370 has different test items for different test materials.
Common materials
LWA 370's control scope for food-grade materials mainly includes rubber, metal, glass, ceramics, enamel glaze, plastics, paper, organic coatings, and wood. Japan JFSL370 has different test items for different test materials.
Common products
Tableware: bowls, cups, knives and forks, spoons, pots, plates, dishes, chopsticks, trays, napkins, straws, etc.;
Kitchenware: knives, pots, shovels, basins, peelers, grills/forks, etc.;
Kitchen appliances: juicers, soybean milk machines, coffee machines, kettles, ovens, microwave ovens, rice cookers, disinfection cabinets, dishwashers, blenders, toasters, range hoods, gas stoves, induction cookers, etc.;
Food packaging materials: plastic wrap, fresh-keeping bags, fresh-keeping boxes, storage cans, seasoning bottles, sealed cans, tablecloths, paper, etc.;
Children's products: milk bottles, pacifiers, teethers, thermos cups, milk heaters, complementary food cooking tools, etc.;
Other products that have direct contact with or may come into contact with food are all covered by the Japanese JFSL370 test range.
Test items
1. Plastic (general) test items
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· General limit of evaporation residue: 30ug/mlSpecial limit see corresponding material requirements
2. Phenolic resin, melamine resin, urea-formaldehyde resin
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Phenol dissolution: 5ug/ml
· Formaldehyde dissolution: control solution-negative
3. Synthetic resin with formaldehyde as raw material (except phenolic, melamine, urea-formaldehyde)
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Formaldehyde dissolution: negative
4. PVC polyvinyl chloride
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Dibutyltin compounds: 50ug/g sample
· Phosphate cresol: 1mg/g sample
· Vinyl chloride monomer: 1ug/g sample
5. PP polypropylene, PE polyethylene
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
6. PS polystyrene
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Volatile substances: total amount <5mg/g; foamed poly PS for hot food <2mg/g, and styrene and ethylbenzene <1mg/g
7. Polyvinylidene chloride PVDC
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Volatile substances: total amount <5mg/g; foamed poly PS for hot food
· Barium content: 100ug/g sample
· Vinylidene chloride monomer: 6ug/g sample
8. Polyethylene terephthalate PET
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy: Metal dissolution 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Antimony dissolution: 0.05ug/ml
· Germanium dissolution: 0.1ug/ml
9. Polymethyl methacrylate PMMA
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Methyl methacrylate monomer dissolution: 15ug/ml
10. Nylon PA
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Caprolactam dissolution: 15ug/ml
11. Polymethylpentene
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
12. Polycarbonate PC
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Bisphenol A content (including phenol and p-tert-butylphenol): 500ug/g
· Diphenyl carbonate: 500ug/g
· Amines (triethylamine, tributylamine): 1ug/g sample
· Bisphenol A dissolution (including phenol and p-tert-butylphenol): 2.5ug/ml
13. Polyvinyl alcohol resin
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
14. Polylactic acid resin
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Potassium permanganate consumption: 10ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Total lactic acid dissolution: 30ug/ml
15. Rubber (except pacifiers)
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Phenol dissolution: 5ug/ml
· Formaldehyde dissolution: negative
· Zinc dissolution: 15ug/ml
· 2-mercaptoimidazoline: negative
16. Rubber pacifier (1g sample + 20ml dissolution solution 40℃24h)
· Lead: 100ug/g sample
· Cadmium: 100ug/g sample
· Heavy metal dissolution: 1ug/ml
· Evaporation residue: 30ug/ml
· Phenol dissolution: 5ug/ml
· Formaldehyde dissolution: negative
· Zinc dissolution: 15ug/ml
17. Metal cans (except for contact with non-greasy dry food)
· Arsenic dissolution (as As2O3): 0.2ug/ml
· Cadmium dissolution: 0.1ug/ml
· Lead dissolution: 0.4ug/ml
· Phenol dissolution (coating): 5ug/ml
· Formaldehyde dissolution (coating): negative
· Evaporation residue (coating): 30ug/ml
· Epichlorohydrin (coating): 0.5ug/ml
· Vinyl chloride (coating): 0.05ug/ml
18. Glass, ceramics, enamel
· Lead dissolution
· Cadmium dissolution

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