The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added seven new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below. FCN No. Food Contact Substance Manufacturer/Supplier Effective Date 2112 An aqueous mixture containing peroxyacetic acid (CAS Reg. No. 79-21-0), hydrogen peroxide (CAS Reg. No. 7722-84-1), acetic acid (CAS Reg. No. 64-19-7), and 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-dip...

(Click on the picture to view the original text) The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) was requested by the European Commission to review the substances for which a Specific Migration Limit (SML) is not assigned in Regulation (EU) No 10/2011. These substances had been covered by the Generic SML of 60 mg/kg food, but with Regulation (EU) 2016/1416 it was removed, necessitating their re‐examination. EFSA was requested to identify those s...

On 16 August 2019, the Canadian gazette issued directive 2019-87-11-01 to amend the list of DSL domestic substances: SOR/2019-302。18 new substances are added to Canadian domestic substance list.This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered....

21 August 2019, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) opened a public consultation on food contact substances. These substances include additives and resins that are either new or under consideration to be used in an expanded scope or level. Comments shall be accepted by the Chinese authorities until 19 September 2019....

19 January 2018, the Official Journal of EU issues the EU 2018/79, amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The new regulation add 2,4,4’-trifluorobenzophenone, 2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene, tungsten oxide and the mixture of methyl-branched and linear C14-C18 alkanamides, derived from fatty acids....

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 18 batches of products in October 2017. There are 9 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 50.00%. Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through...

On August 31, 2017, the European Commission has notifies the WTO of proposed amendments to its Regulation (EU) No 10/2011on plastic materials and articles intended to contact with food, which intends to authorise four new FCMs....

On May 4, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Oehha) approved the amendment of Proposition 65 to adopt the identification of the No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for styrene of 27 micrograms per day (μg/day)....

According to a report of Plastics News on May 15, 2017, the City of New York will enforce the ban on expanded (EPS) food service packaging again on November 13, 2017....

On 26 December 2016, 11 Chinese ministries published Notification for the effectiveness of Amendment on hexabromocyclododecane (‘HBCDD’) under the Stockholm Convention as regards Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The amendment becomes effective since 26 December 2016. Our HBCDD ban includes: I. The production, use, import and export of HBCDD are prohibited since 26 December 2016, unless otherwise specified in the Stockholm Convention as regards Persistent Organic Pol...

National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) has released 53 national standards as regards food safety including GB 4806.1-2016Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—General Requirementson 11 November 18. In the new regulatory framework of food contact materials (FCMs) in China, food contact articles are divided into different categories as per their materials, namely: enamels, ceramics, glasses, p...

On 5 Oct. 2016, Canada amends the regulation of five toxic substances in Canadian Environmental Protection Act through a publication of a notification on the Canada Gazette. The amendments include the following: 1. HBCD in EPS and XPS. The amendments prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) foams containing HBCD – and intermediary products that contain it – for use in a building or construc...

On 17 August 2016, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a rule on the Federal Register that four specified plastics with specified additives would be exempt from mandatory testing for phthalates. Public comments are open until 31 October 2016. Section 108 of the CPSIA prohibits children’s toys and child care articles that contain six specified phthalates in concentrations above 0.1 percent in “accessible plasticised component parts and other component p...

Beijia Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has submitted a recall scheme to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ). The recall covers some multikettles (model VP360.LGC...

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On 22 April 2016, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding styrene the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition...

On 2 March 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2016/293 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as regards Annex I. It includes specific exemption on intermediate us...

On 22 January 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection publicised H.B.K.J.H. [2016] No. 150, intending to change GB/T 27630-2011 (recommended standard) into a mandatory one (GB standard) on 22 January 2016. The standard should ...

On 12 January 2016, the European Commission published decisions on authorising 13 enterprises to use HBCDD (a kind of brominated frame retardant) on the Official Journal of the European Commission....

Recently, Binhai Office of Tianjin Inspection and Quarantine Bureau returned a batch of filtration water bottles imported from Germany as they used food contact materials which are unauthorised in China....