EN 13130 Standard methods for the quantification of extractable monomers used for
food-contact plastics plastics
EN 13130
Standard
Part 1
Part 2
Title
Methodology
Guide to test methods for
the specific migration of
substances from plastics
Determination of
terephthalic acid in food
simulants
See parts 2-28
Part 3
Determination of acrylonitrile
in food and food simulants
Part 4
Determination of 1,3butadiene in plastics
Part 5
Determination of vinylidene
chloride in food simulants
Part 6
Determination of vinylidene
chloride in plastics
Part 7
Determination of ethylene
glycol and diethylene glycol
in food simulants
Part 8
Determination of
isocyanates in plastics
Part 9
Determination of acetic
acid, vinyl ester in food
simulants
Determination of acrylamide
in food simulants
Part 10
Part 11
Determination of 11aminoundecanoic acid in
food simulants
Part 12
Determination of 1,3benzenedimethanamine in
Aqueous simulants - HPLC with UV
detection. Olive oil extracted with dilute
sodium hydrogen carbonate and the
aqueous extract acidified and
examined by HPLC
Headspace GC with automated
sample injection and specific nitrogen
detector. Confirmation by GC-MS if
required.
Headspace GC of the polymer
dissolved in N,N- dimethylacetamide.
Quantification by standard addition
using pentane internal standard
Headpace GC with electron capture or
flame ionisation detection.
Quantification by standard addition
using 1-chloropropane internal
standard.
Headspace GC of the polymer
dissolved in N,N- dimethylacetamide
with detection by electron capture or
flame ionisation detection.
Headpspace GC of the plastic if not
soluble
GC of aqueous simulant or water
extract of olive oil using cold on-column
injector. 1,4 butane diol internal
standard.
Solvent extraction with
dichloromethane and concurrent
derivatisation with 9(methylaminomethyl)anthracene.
Fluorescent derivatives analysed by
HPLC with fluorescence detection.
Headpace GC of simulants with flame
ionisation detection. Methyl propionate
internal standard.
HPLC of aqueous simulants or water
using an ion exclusion column (styrene
divinyl benzene polymer with
sulphonated[cationic] ion-exchange
groups.
Derivitisation with Fluorescamine, 4phenylspiro-[furan 2-(3), 1-phthalan]3,3-dione and HPLC with fluorescence
detection
Bis-derivitisation with Fluorescamine and
HPLC with fluorescence detection
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18
Part 19
food simulants
Determination of 2,2-bis(4hydroxyphenyl)propane
(Bisphenol A) in food
simulants
Determination of 3,3-bis(3methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2indoline in food simulants
Determination of 1,3butadiene in food simulants
Determination of
caprolactam and
caprolactam salt in food
simulants
Determination of carbonyl
chloride in plastics
Determination of 1,2dihydroxybenzene, 1,3dihydroxybenzene,
1,4- dihydroxybenzene, 4,4’dihydroxybenzophenone
and 4,4’dihydroxybiphenyl in
food simulants
Determination of
dimethylaminoethanol in
food simulants
Part 20
Determination of
epichlorohydrin in plastics
Part 21
Determination of
ethylenediamine and
hexamethylenediamine in
food simulants
Determination of ethylene
oxide and propylene oxide in
plastics
Determination of
formaldehyde and
hexamethylenetetramine
(HMTA) in food simulants
Part 22
Part 23
Part 24
Determination of maleic
acid and maleic anhydride
in food simulants
Aqueous simulants HPLC with
fluorescence detection. Olive oil
extracted with methanol/water after
addition of hexane.
Aqueous simulants HPLC with UV
detection. Olive oil extracted with 80%
aqueous acetonitrile.
Headspace GC with FID detection and
pentane internal standard.
Aqueous simulants GC. Olive oil
extracted with water/ethanol and GC
detection
Dissolution of the polymer in
dichloromethane and concurrent
derivitisation with 2-aminophenol. The
resulting 2-benzoxazolinone is
determined by HPLC with UV detection.
Aqueous simulants examined by HPLC
with UV detection. Olive oil extracted
with distilled water, with determination
in the water extract.
DMAE is extracted from simulants using
solid phase extraction on a strong
cation exchanger. The absorbed DMAE
is removed from the absorbent with
triethylamine and the resulting solution
examined by GC using an internal
standard.
Extraction of epichlorohydrin with
dioxane, followed by microdistillation
and derivitization with 9,10dimethoxyanthracene-2-sulphonic acid
followed by reverse phase HPLC with
fluorescence detection
Derivitization of the free amine using
ethyl chloroformate followed by GC
with flame ionisation detection
Headspace gas chromatography with
diethyl ether as internal standard.
In the case of HMTA, it is treated with
acid and heated to release
formaldehyde. Formaldehyde in
simulant is determined colorimetrically
by reaction with chromotropic acid in
the presence of sulphuric acid.
Ion pair HPLC of maleic acid with cetyl
trimethyl ammonium chloride and UV
detection (245nm) with citraconic acid
as internal standard
Part 25
Part 26
Part 27
Part 28
Determination of 4-methylpentene in food simulants
Determination of 1-octene
and tetrahydrofuran in food
simulants
Determination of 2,4,6triamino-1,3,5-triazine in food
simulants
Determination of 1,1,1trimethylolpropane in food
simulants
Headspace GC with cyclohexane as
internal standard
Headspace GC of the food simulant.
Iso-octane internal standard for 1octene and tetrahydropyran internal
standard for tetrahydrofuran
determinations.
Aqueous simulants - HPLC with UV
detection 230nm. Olive oil extracted
with water/isopropanol
Aqueous food simulants are saturated
with potassium carbonate and
extracted with ethanol/ethyl acetate.
After evaporation of solvent the
extracted TMP is silyated with
trimethylsilylimidazole in pyridine and
determined by GC with flame ionisation
detection