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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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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Innoform Testservice accredited for 67 standardized tests
Innoform Testservice currently holds 67 accredited test procedures according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018. This makes the laboratory one of the most comprehensive specialized testing laboratories for film-based and flexible packaging in Europe. Benefits of accreditation…
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Particle and Foreign Body Analysis
Precise Characterization for Quality, Safety and Root Cause Clarification Particles and unwanted foreign bodies represent a significant quality and risk potential in the manufacture and processing of flexible packaging. Especially with polymer-based materials, multi-layer systems or…
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New EU Rules for Food Contact Materials: Changes in the Plastics and Bisphenol Regulation
With Regulation (EU) 2026/245, Annex I of the Plastics Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 and thus the Union list of authorized substances is updated; Regulation (EU) 2026/250 corrects the regulation on the use of bisphenols (BPA) Background…
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The Most Important Testing Methods for Flexible Packaging – Explained in Practical Terms
Flexible packaging is often considered simple plastic products – in reality, films are among the most challenging materials of all. Their behavior is shaped not only by the material itself, but at least as much by…
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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…