The challenge of tracking NIAS in food contact materials

Food contact materials are a complex mixture of known, intentionally added substances (IAS) and non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) which can migrate into food Art. 3 of the Framework Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 needs to be respected: sensory requirements and toxicological aspect; risk assessment according to Art. 19 of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 No single analytical method is able to detect all possible migratable NIAS Different screening approaches for different groups of substances A combination of several screening approaches will yield the maximum of information The more is known about IAS, the better the chances for identification of NIAS.