JRC-Ispra publishes “Practical guidelines on the application of migration modelling for the estimation of specific migration”.
03/01/2016
This document is an updated version of the report "Estimation of specific migration by generally recognised diffusion models in support of EU Directive 2002/72/EC" (Simoneau, 2010) concerning the current legal basis (Regulation (EU) No 10/2011) and the use of migration models for the estimation of specific migration from plastic multi-layers.
The aim of this practical guidance document is to assist the users of the described diffusion models to predict conservative, upper bound specific migration values from plastic food contact materials for compliance purposes. It includes estimation methods for diffusion coefficients, polymer specific parameters, partition coefficients, and other model input parameters, as well as practical applications and examples. |