Principles for Labeling the Names of Plastic Materials in Food Utensils, Containers and Packaging

The regulation applies to food utensils, food containers or packaging that contain plastic materials on food contant surfaces

Content

1. Legal basis

2. Principles for Labelling the Names of Plastic Materials

3. Miscellaneous

• Table 1: Table of abbreviations of general plastic materials

• Table 2: Table of abbreviated names of plastic materials

• Table 3: Table of classifications and subclassifications of thermoplastic elastomers

• Table 4: Table of prefix codes commonly used for coating film materials

• Table 5: List of materials generally known as containing specific filling materials and reinforcing materials

• Table 6: Codes of filling and reinforcing materials

• Table 7: Codes of forms of filling and reinforcing

• Materials

• Table 8: Table of abbreviations of specific materials commonly used

• Table 9: Codes of forms of plastic materials

• Appendix 1: Principles for identifying the generally recognized symbols for names of plastic materials

• Appendix 2: Guidelines on the mandatory and voluntary marking of fillers and reinforcing materials on plastic materials

• Appendix 3: Guidelines on the voluntary marking of material characteristics on plastic materials