The DGCCRF French Food Contact Material Testing Project is the French National Food Safety Agency responsible for overseeing the safety of food contact materials. Food contact materials refer to materials that come into direct contact with food, such as plastics, metals, ceramics, etc. These materials must comply with certain hygiene standards to ensure food safety. In France, the production and sales of food contact materials need to comply with relevant regulations, otherwise they will face serious legal consequences. Therefore, for food contact materials exported to France, they must pass DGCCRF testing and obtain corresponding certificates.

DGCCRF testing standards: When products come into contact with food, they cannot:

1. Release components that pose a risk to human health;

2. Causing unacceptable changes in food ingredients;

3. Reduce the sensory characteristics brought by food (causing changes in taste, odor, color, etc.).


DGCCRF French Food Contact Material Testing Project:

General plastic products PE PP: comprehensive migration testing;

PVC plastic products: comprehensive migration testing, vinyl chloride monomer testing;

Melamine resin products: comprehensive migration test, formaldehyde release test; Ceramic, glass, and crystal products: lead and cadmium dissolution testing;

Enamel products: Lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium dissolution test, additional lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium dissolution test at the edge of the cup;

Silicone rubber products: comprehensive migration test, (VOM) organic volatile matter content, peroxide value test, organic tin compound test;

Rubber products: comprehensive migration test, formaldehyde release test, peroxide value test, aromatic amine release test, nitrosamine and its compound content, total organic volatile matter;

Paper products: (PCP) pentachlorophenol test, polychlorinated biphenyl test, heavy metal dissolution test (lead, cadmium mercury, hexavalent chromium) test, antibacterial component migration test, glyoxal release test, sensory test;

Organic coatings such as products with non stick coatings: comprehensive migration testing;

Metal, alloy, and electroplating products: heavy metal dissolution (lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel) testing, sensory testing;

Wooden products: (PCP) pentachlorophenol test, sensory test on the painted part;

Aluminum, aluminum alloy products, steel products, stainless steel products: metal composition analysis, comprehensive migration testing;

Cast iron products: Lead content, limited metal element testing for charged coatings. Heavy metal nickel chromium migration test, comprehensive migration test;

Tin products: restricted metal element testing, heavy metal antimony migration testing;

Other alloys and metals: restricted metal element testing, heavy metal nickel chromium migration testing;

Most stainless steel used as food contact materials contains 18% chromium, which is considered the most suitable concentration for corrosion resistance among food and beverage contact materials. This is also the most ideal concentration for cost and production cost reduction. In France, stainless steel in food contact products must contain at least 13% chromium, as well as nickel and manganese. The biggest limitation is to impose other dissolved elements.