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The office has compiled a list of addresses of testing laboratories for food contact materials.
China approves two new substances for use in food contact materials (FCM). The announcement concerns an additive and a resin.
China's National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center (CFSA) plans to approve new uses and substances.
Second edition of the Guideline for Metals and Alloys for Food Contact published.
This collection of links leads to various websites of the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association on this topic.
Selected information on food contact materials outside the scope of the relevant EU legislation; the information is for guidance only and does not claim to be up to date or complete.
Silicone is to be excluded from the Chinese standard GB 4806-11. The office has commented on the draft of GB 4806-XX-2023.
EU Regulation 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food came into force on October 10, 2022, replacing the previously applicable EU Regulation 2008/282. The new regulation applies to all plastic types and recycling technologies.
Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) are currently polarizing opinion. The EU has come out in favor of a blanket ban on around 10,000 chemicals in this group of substances. At first glance, a well-intentioned approach to protecting the environment, but the announcement puts important industries at risk.
Question "5.1 What is the content of the declaration of compliance according to Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011?" has been updated. The changes concern information for intermediates (intermediate materials).
Materials for food contact in the EU have been a topic of discussion for years. We answer the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) on this topic exclusively for VDMA members.
China's National Health Commission (NHC) has approved six new food contact additives and two new food contact resins, and expanded the scope of nine substances.
Experts from the European Food Safety Authority have concluded that a filler made from "chopped carbon fibers" for PEEK is safe for use in FCM.
Hygienic design is often no longer an option, but a necessity resulting from legal or market requirements. This article provides references to further information.
Für Inverkehrbringer von Lebensmittelbedarfsgegenständen gibt es dann eine Anzeigepflicht. Die Übergangsfristen enden am 31. Oktober 2024.
Transitional periods apply to the first placing on the market.
China's National Health Commission has published a revised food contact standard that specifies the methods required to test the overall migration of food contact materials (FCMs).
The question is: What applies to plastic materials for food for infants?
The European Chamber has started an update for the 2019-2020 position paper. VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery has participated in this with a submission
"List of missing substances" for elastomers/silicone submitted.
The Food Machinery and Packaging Machinery Association has published a position paper on materials and articles for contact with gases for food applications dated 4 October 2016.
The German Association of Food Processing and Packaging Machinery has published an English translation of its sample certificate for materials in contact with food and has editorially adapted the German edition. It supplements the existing documents on the subject of Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004.
The VDMA Food Processing Machinery and Packaging Machinery Association sees its position confirmed by its own migration studies.
