Food Contact Additives

Food contact additives are essential substances needed to achieve a physical or chemical effect:

  • in the final food contact material or article, or
  • during its production

The safe use of these additives in the various food contact applications is ensured by means of internationally recognized scientific principles on Risk Assessment.

FACET – Additives; Flavouring and FCM Exposure Tool

FACET is a risk management tool for estimating the dietary exposure to food additives, flavourings and potential food contact material migrants

MATRIX Calculation Tool

The Matrix calculation tool supports the risk assessment of substances according to article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011.

EDW – European Dinking Water Alliance

“One standard, one test, accepted everywhere in Europe” for materials and products in contact with drinking water”

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