Chemical safety and sustainability requirements for packaging are becoming increasingly stringent in Europe with the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which bans PFAS in food contact materials and sets mandatory targets for recycled content in plastic packaging.
Since recycled streams are more susceptible to contamination, the PPWR will make PFAS monitoring crucial for manufacturers developing circular packaging solutions. Demonstrating that a material is truly PFAS-free typically requires at least two complementary laboratory analyses and specialist expertise, making an experienced testing partner essential.
Multi-method approach to capture the full extent of PFAS presence A significant practical challenge in PFAS analysis is the fact that the term covers thousands of substances that cannot all be measured individually. The PPWR addresses this by setting limits for both individual compounds and total fluorine as an indicator for total PFAS.
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