Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Plastics substances subject to limitation - Part 12: Determination of 1,3-benzenedimethanamine in food simulants
This document, part 12 of EN 13130, specifies a procedure for the determination of 1,3-benzenedimethanamine (also known as 3-(aminomethyl)-benzylamine or m-xylylene diamine (m-XDA)) monomer, hereinafter referred to as m-XDA, in the food simulants water, 3 % w/v aqueousacetic acid, 15 % v/v aqueous ethanol and olive oil. The level of m-XDA monomer determined isexpressed as milligrams of m-XDA per kilogram of food simulant in the above mentioned foodsimulants.NOTE In addition to the instability of m-XDA observed in olive oil, the test laboratory could not detect any m-XDA peak from the olive oil work-up procedure. Based on some control checks, the assumption