LFGB is an abbreviation for German food and foodstuffs law. This legal regulation is the strictest legislation in Europe on this subject. Food contact materials are materials intended to come into contact with food. Materials consisting of consumer products that have or may come into contact with food cannot transfer their components to food. In general, this is one of the main requirements stipulated in the law in question.
LFGB certification standards are a safer conformity program for food contact products. Food, tobacco products, cosmetics and other daily necessities fall under this program. German legal regulations regarding food safety form a comprehensive whole, and all food and food-related products on the German market must comply with these essential regulations.
In advanced laboratories, food contact substances on products are tested according to articles 30 and 31 of the German food and daily necessities law. The basis for these tests is Directive 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC.
In daily contact with food, if a knife and fork logo is present, it means that the product has been tested for compliance with many German and European standards and legal requirements. The German LFGB certificate is a proof in Germany and other European and American markets that the product does not contain toxic substances harmful to the human body. In the European market, products with the fork logo increase customer confidence.
LFGB testing for all food contact materials includes:
Our organization also provides LFGB food contact testing and analysis services with its trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment, among the numerous test, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies it provides for businesses in various sectors.
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