At the 13th International Akademie Fresenius Conference on Residues of Food Contact Materials in Food, held on 8 and 9 October 2024 in Cologne, Dr. Martin Eckardt from Laboratory Lommatzsch & Säger was invited as a speaker to present current insights into the research project on migration from silicone-based food contact materials. In a joint project with the Technical University of Dresden and partners from industry and authorities, a new concept for the compliance assessment of silicone-based food contact materials based on the specific determination of cyclic siloxane oligomers D4 to D25 was presented. The method was developed by Laboratory Lommatzsch and Säger as part of a diploma thesis and is currently being published. In addition, results were presented regarding the specific determination of cyclic siloxane oligomers in real foodstuffs (e.g. into muffin during baking in silicone moulds, and into chocolate when pouring into silicone moulds). Laboratory Lommatzsch and Säger also developed the analytical methods for the determination of cylic siloxanes in food. We offer both methods (determination of D4 to D25 in silicone material (extractables), determination of D4 to D25 in food (migration)) as part of our NIAS analyses.
