Cardboard and Paper Product Testing

Lab Analysis of Cardboard & Paper Products

ALS - Columbia has been providing analytical services to technical associations and the packaging industry since 1988. Our analytical services are performed for FDA compliance purposes, trace contaminant monitoring for health/safety/risk management purposes and to meet the requirements of state and foreign countries for product import. We provide full services including project planning, sampling, analysis, data interpretation, and database management. Examples of services provided for the packaging material industry are shown below.

General Packaging Analytical Services

• Chemical/toxic compound contamination
• Trace metals analyses
• Leachability studies
• Extractables analyses
• Materials indentification/analysis
• Wet strength component testing
• Phthalates testing
• Bisphenol A (BpA) analysis
• Analysis/identification of additives to plastics and polymers
• Coating monomers testing
• Carbonless Paper: 2,6-diisopropylnapthalene or DIPN
• Odor testing
• RoHS Analyses
• REACH

These services are designed to meet the exacting requirements of programs overseen by the FDA as well as those under the auspices of the EPA, various state agencies as well as those under the European Union and other countries.

We also provide testing specifically for food packaging products.

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