Innoform Test Service News:
Current trends and insights
In Innoform Test Service News, we explain testing methods, standards and compliance for flexible food packaging. You will receive practical testing steps, limit values, measurement uncertainties and decision trees – supplemented by case studies, checklists and updates on PPWR, ZSVR, food contact, OTR/WVTR, migration and barrier technologies. The aim is to enable you to make informed decisions and plan testing orders with confidence.
- Methods and standards presented in an understandable way
- Checklists, cases and clear to-do lists
- Regulatory requirements combined with laboratory practice
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Understanding the fat barrier of fibre-based packaging – why testing is crucial
Fatty foods pose particular challenges for packaging. Fats can penetrate materials, affect their appearance or cause problems from the very first contact. This is precisely why tests such as fat resistance, fat permeability and fat repellency play a…
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Impact of EU Regulation 2022/1616 on flexible packaging
What is it about? EU Regulation 2022/1616 sets out how plastics may be recycled if they are to come into contact with food again at a later stage.It is intended to ensure that recycled materials do…
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NEW: PFAS analysis via total fluorine determination
Upon the entry into force of the PPWR Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste), packaging producers will be asked, from 12 August 2026, to draw up a declaration of conformity in accordance with…
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Certified testing laboratory Workflows. Structured procedures for reliable results.
1. Certified processes as the foundation for trust and reliability Trust in test results is of central importance to our customers and partners. As a certified testing laboratory, we work according to clearly defined, monitored and…
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Permeation on films: Are we sure that we are measuring under the right conditions?
In the laboratory, the world is clearly defined: Permeation measurements on packaging films are usually carried out at 23 °C and defined relative humidity levels, typically 50% RH or 85% RH. These conditions are established in…
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EU publishes guidelines C/2025/6721 for the implementation of the Bisphenol A Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, which was adopted in December 2024, banned the use of bisphenol A (BPA) and its salts in food contact materials. But what exactly does that mean? On 17 December 2025, the EU published…
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NIAS – Don’t be afraid of the unknown
The assessment of food contact materials (FCM) requires knowledge not only of intentionally added substances (IAS), but also of unknown substances that may be hidden in the material. NIAS in legislation The so-called NIAS (non-intentionally added…
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How tight is tight?
Permeation measurements – for safe, sustainable and high-performance packaging Packaging protects products – however, how well this actually works can only be determined and proven by precise measurements. A key criterion here is permeation: i.e. the…
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Excellent performance in the interlaboratory test for determining water content according to ISO 15512
Innoform Testservice GmbH successfully participated in the interlaboratory test for determining the water content in plastics according to ISO 15512, receiving an overall rating of “excellent performance”. This result underlines the high quality and precision of…