The German LFGB food contact material testing standard for cooking utensils mainly targets products closely related to food, such as food packaging materials, kitchens, and household items, where harmful chemicals may migrate into food.


For cooking utensils, such as tableware and cooking utensils, LFGB food contact material testing is required to ensure that the material and coating of the product do not release harmful substances into the food. The testing items include testing for transferable components and extractable heavy metals in plastic samples, testing for metallic components and extractable heavy metals, and testing for transferable or volatile organic compounds in silicone resins.


In the process of LFGB testing and certification, it also involves multiple stages such as initial inspection of products, sensory evaluation, and chemical hazard detection of special materials. If the product meets the standard requirements, an LFGB test report will be obtained, proving that the product is "free from chemical toxic substances" and can be sold in the German market.


The German LFGB testing standard is a mandatory standard for food and daily necessities, and its full name is the Food and Daily Necessities Law.


In the LFGB testing standard, the testing items related to cooking utensils mainly include:

1. Sensory testing: Evaluation of taste and odor transfer.

2. General testing of plastics: total leaching migration rate, total leaching migration of special substances, heavy metal content, color migration, primary aromatic amine (PAA) migration, heavy metal migration, etc.

3. Specific testing of different materials: for example, PC materials need to be tested for special migration - bisphenol A migration; ABS materials need to be tested for volatile organic compounds and butadiene migration; AS, PS, SAN, Acrylic plastics need to be tested for volatile organic compounds, etc.

These testing projects cover all aspects of materials in contact with food, aiming to ensure that these materials do not release harmful substances into the food.