All categories of food products, such as technological equipment, transport containers, consumer packaging, or tableware used in everyday life without exception, come into contact with various materials in contact with food. To ensure the safety of food products, it is necessary to control compliance with the requirements of the EAEU legislation in this area at all stages of production, from obtaining raw materials to obtaining the finished product intended for consumers during production, storage, transportation, processing, and sale. To achieve this, it is necessary to improve the system of food safety control, an integral part of which is ensuring the safety of materials in contact with food, including the creation of a modern technical and methodological framework, as reflected in the Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation.

Study and comparative analysis of methodological approaches to investigate materials in contact with food products in the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), identification of key and distinctive aspects in the methodology of research on the safety of the use of materials in contact with food products.

The study used scientific literature sources from electronic databases (Elibrary, Pubmed, Web of Science), as well as regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, the EAEU, and other countries in the field of control of materials and products in contact with food products.

The analysis showed the lack of a uniform approach to conducting research on materials in contact with food products in all countries to leads inconsistent research results and may complicate the export of these products.