ABSTRACT

The review of the regulations for the silicon rubber intended to come into contact with food in some European countries and USA was performed. On the basis of these regulations the principles of the hygienic evaluation and the analytical models for the testing of silicon rubber and elastomers contacting with food in Poland was presented.
The testing include:
- sensoric analysis
- migration of the soluble substances into aqueous model fluids
- volatile substances
- hardeners
- catalyzers
- migration of certain heavy metals
- N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatables
Some of these methods have been published in Polish Standards or in the Methodical Publications of the National Institute of Hygiene.