# Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3.2: Substitute overall migration tests for tests with food simulant D2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If it is not technically feasible to perform one or more of the tests OM0 to OM6 in food simulant D2, migration tests shall be done using ethanol 95 % and isooctane. In addition a test shall be done using food simulant E in case the worst foreseeable conditions of use exceed 100 °C. The test that results in the highest overall migration shall be used to establish compliance with the Regulation.
In case it is technically not feasible to perform OM7 with food simulant D2, either test OM8 or test OM9 shall be selected as a replacement test by selecting the most appropriate of these two tests on the basis of the intended and the foreseeable use of the material or article that is being tested. Subsequently, a migration test shall be done at each of the two test conditions specified for the selected test, using a new test sample for each test condition. The test condition that results in the higher overall migration shall be used to establish compliance with the Regulation.
Test number
Test conditions
Intended food contact conditions
Covers the intended food contact conditions described in
OM8
Food simulant E for 2 hours at 175 °C and food simulant D2 for 2 hours at 100 °C
High temperature applications only
OM1, OM3, OM4, OM5 and OM6
OM9
Food simulant E for 2 hours at 175 °C and food simulant D2 for 10 days at 40 °C
High temperature applications including long term storage at room temperature
OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, OM5 and OM6

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/10/annex/V/chapter/3/division/3.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-10/annex-V/chapter-3/division-3.2
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