EU 10/2011, EN 1186 & FDA-Aligned Food-Contact Migration Solutions

A Total Migration Tester — also known as an Overall Migration Tester — is a precision analytical instrument that measures the total mass of non-volatile substances that transfer from a food-contact material (plastic film, packaging laminate, container coating, cap liner, sealing gasket) into a food simulant under controlled conditions of time and temperature. Overall migration testing is one of the foundational compliance requirements of every modern food-contact regulation worldwide — EU Regulation 10/2011 (10 mg/dm² overall migration limit), EN 1186 test methods, FDA 21 CFR Part 177, Japanese JFSL, Korean KFDA, and dozens of national standards. Without rigorous migration testing, no plastic packaging material can legally enter food, pharmaceutical, or medical-device service in any major market.

The challenge is that traditional manual migration testing is notoriously labor-intensive: it requires hours of repetitive evaporation, drying, cooling, and constant-weight weighing — each step prone to operator error, atmospheric variation, and weighing inconsistency that can invalidate weeks of work. The Qualitest AUTO QMT™ Series eliminates that challenge. By integrating water-bath evaporation, precise 105 °C chamber heating and drying, cooling functionality, and high-resolution (0.01 mg) constant-temperature weighing into a single fully-automated system, the AUTO QMT platform performs the entire heat-cool-weigh-repeat-to-constant-weight cycle without any manual involvement — delivering the accuracy, repeatability, and regulatory defensibility that modern food-contact compliance programs require.

Qualitest offers three fully-automated platforms covering every throughput requirement: the AUTO QMT-900 is the entry-level standard model for routine pharmaceutical and food-packaging QC operations.

Migrate Confidence into Every Package

In modern food, pharmaceutical, and medical packaging, the question isn't whether migration is happening — it always is. The question is whether you can prove, in defensible regulatory submissions, that the migration falls below the legal limit. A failed migration test means a recalled product, a blocked customs shipment, a damaged brand, and lost market access. The packaging manufacturers, converters, food and beverage producers, pharmaceutical companies, and contract-packaging operations that consistently launch compliant, durable, market-winning products are the ones equipped with migration testers built for automation, precision, and full international-standards compliance — and the Qualitest AUTO QMT™ portfolio gives you exactly that.

Whether you are qualifying flexible-packaging films for an EU 10/2011 food-contact submission, supporting pharmaceutical-packaging compliance for an FDA Drug Master File, running high-volume converter QC, or commissioning a third-party test house migration program, Qualitest has the AUTO QMT platform engineered to meet your exact needs. From the entry-level AUTO QMT-900 to the flagship 36-station AUTO QMT-3600, every Qualitest migration tester delivers world-class fully-automated performance backed by industry-leading service and support.