Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - EU - 2024

Commission consultation, 13 March 2024

CONTACT MATERIALS - Commission consultation: plastic food contact materials (FCMs) (update to quality control rules)

Commission consultation: Draft COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food A copy of the draft is available on this site (click on image). In addition, a draft Annex is available.

The consultation closes on 10 April 2024. For more details, see the Commission consultation page: Food safety – plastic food contact materials (FCMs) (update to quality control rules).

Summary

This Regulation aims to increase quality control under Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic FCMs by:

• ensuring alignment with Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastics and Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 on biocidal products;
• introducing purity requirements for substances obtained from waste and natural materials; and
• adapting migration testing of multi-layer materials and repeat testing.

It also adds quality control rules to Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice.

For a previous news items on contact materials, see:

• 9 February 2024 CONTACT MATERIALS - Commission consultation: Commission launches 4-week feedback period on ban of BPA in food contact materials