Packaging Industry
Unwrapping Packaging Failures
Questions of package/product interactions?
Complaints of packaging odors?
Issues with printing or labeling failures?
Problems with seals and closures?
Suspected packaging contamination?
Packaging systems can pose challenging problems for manufacturers. We solve complex problems with cartons, cans, bottles, pouches, vials, bags, and more. We have helped manufacturers in the research and development phases, as well as trouble-shooted finished products.
Our comprehensive instrumentation, wide range of capabilities, and extensive experience enables us to test a package, as well as analyze its contents, labels, adhesives, closures, resins, pigments, additives, shrink film, and more. Some examples of our problem solving capabilities include:
- Determined cause of "ballooning" of a sealed pouch packaging system
- Identified the source of de-lamination of a multi-layered product package
- Identified the composition of a film that developed on a bottle after hot product filling
- Identified the formula of ink on a package label
- Found the cause of pinhole formation in bags
- Compared two suppliers of adhesive products to demonstrate a difference in the applied glues
- Isolated an unusual odor from a package
- Tested competing package sealing systems in a patent infringement case
- Determined the cause of adhesive failure occurring under high temperature
Our facility is cGMP compliant, FDA registered and DEA licensed, and is centrally located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.
Services:
- Materials Analysis & Identification
- Contaminant Identification
- Extractables & Leachables
- Failure Analysis
- Physical Testing
- Deformulation
- Consulting
- Patent/Litigation Support
Case Study:
Contaminant Conundrum
A frozen food manufacturer came to Chemir to determine if their "in-the-bag-cooking" packaging was contaminating the food during microwave cooking. Our expert scientists first analyzed the packaging and then the microwaved food samples. Two components from the packaging were found to migrate into the food tested. One served as a flame retardant and the second as a plasticizer. We then helped the client find a new packaging source that did not exhibit leaching, allowing them to resume production.