器具・容器包装の安全性確認試験について

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In Japan, the Food Sanitation Act has been revised to restrict the use of chemical substances in manufacturing utensils, containers, and packaging (in other words, the positive list system). This article will introduce the safety tests required with the start of the positive list system, as well as the safety confirmation tests required by the Food Sanitation Act. In addition, it will introduce the safety confirmation test in Europe and the US (where the positive list system was adopted prior to Japan), and the safety test of printing ink for containers and packaging. In the safety test, a food simulant is selected according to the type of food with which the utensils, containers, or packaging come into contact, and the test conditions are determined by considering the environment in use (contact temperature and storage period). Subsequently, the contaminants in the simulant were measured. If you use chemicals that are not on the positive list, you need a test to determine whether they are genotoxic, carcinogenic, or mutagenic.