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Back in November 2017, we brought to your attention1 that Regulation (EU) No 10/20112 would be amended. On 19 January 2018, the European Commission (EC) published Regulation (EU) 2018/793 (‘The Regulation’) in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
The Regulation will enter into force on 8 February 2018. Plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of the Regulation may be placed on the market until 9 February 2019 and may remain on the market until exhaustion of stocks.
The following tables are the details of the amendments.
Table 1 – Additional substances added to Table 1, Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011.
|
FCM No. |
CAS No. |
Substance name |
|
1061 |
80512-44-3 |
2,4,4-tri-fluorobenzophenone |
|
1063 |
1547-26-8 |
2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene |
|
1064 |
39318-18-8 |
tungsten oxide |
|
1065 |
85711-28-0 |
mixture of methyl branched and linear C14-C18 alkanamides, derived from fatty acids |
Table 2 – Changes made to Table 1, Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011.
|
FCM No. |
Previous |
Amended |
|
856 |
Only to be used in rigid poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 12% at room temperature or below |
Only to be used in:
or
|
Table 3 – Additions made to Table 3, Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011.
|
Note No. |
Notes on verification of compliance |
|
25 |
When used as reheat agent in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) verification of compliance with the specific migration limit is not required; in all other cases compliance with the specific migration limit shall be verified in accordance with Article 18; the specific migration limit is expressed as mg tungsten/kg food. |
|
26 |
Migration of stearamide, listed in Table 1 under FCM substance No 306 to which no specific migration limit applies, shall be excluded from verification of the compliance of the migration of the mixture with the specific migration limit laid down for the mixture |
[1] The proposed amendments published in E-ssentials Vol. 18 (2017)
[2] Regulation (EU) 10/2011 (consolidated)
[3] Regulation (EU) 2018/79
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