On Feb. 4, 2021, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment consulted on eight new food-related products, including one new FCM additive, three FCM additives with expanded application scope, and four new resins. Comments should be sent to biaozhun@cfsa.net.cn before Feb. 27, 2021.
New FCM Additive
Name
| CAS No.
| Application Scope | Maximum Level/% | SML/(mg/kg)
| Note |
Silicic acid, sodium salt, reaction product with chlorotrimethylsilane and isopropyl alcohol | 68988-56-7 | Paper and paperboard | 0.00585 | / | Paper and paperboard added with this substance cannot be used in contact with infant and young children food or breast milk. |
FCM Additives with Expanded Application Scope
Name
| CAS No.
| Application Scope | Maximum Level/% | SML/(mg/kg)
| Note |
Talc | 14807-96-6 | Plastic: PLA | 30 | / | Should not contain asbestos; PLA plastic material and its products added with this substance cannot be used in contact with infant and young children food or breast milk. |
Phosphorous trichloride, reaction products with 1,1’-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1- dimethylethyl)phenol | 119345-01-6 | Plastic: PPSU; PESU | PPSU:0.15; PESU:0.115 | 18 | / |
C.I. Solvent Red 135; C.I. Oil Solvent Red 135; 8,9,10,11-Tetrachloro-12-phthaloperinone | 20749-68-2 | Plastic: PCT | 0.03 | / | PCT plastic material and its products cannot be used in contact with food containing over 10% of ethanol or fatty food; and can only be used for room-temperature filling and long-term storage (including hot filling in the condition of T≤70℃, t≤2h or T≤100℃,t≤15min and pasteurization); this substance should comply with requirements of colorant purity specified in GB 9685-2016 Appendix A.
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New Resins
Name
| CAS No.
| Application Scope | Maximum Level/% | SML/(mg/kg)
| Note |
2-Butenedioic acid (E)-, polymer with 1,3- isobenzofurandione and tricyclodecanedimethanol | 68784-89-4 | Paints and coatings | 15 (by dry weight of coating) | 0.05 (tricyclodecanedimethanol) | Operation temperature of paints and coating produced with this substance should not exceed 121℃. |
1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,3- benzenedicarboxylic acid, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3- cyclobutanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and 1,6-hexanediol | / | Paints and coatings | 80 (by dry weight of coating) | 7.5 (by 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid); 5 (by 1,3- benzenedicarboxylic acid); 5 (by 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3- cyclobutanediol ); 0.05 (1,6-hexanediol) | Paints and coatings produced with this substance cannot be operated at the temperature over 130℃, and cannot be used in contact with infant and young children food or breast milk. |
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with N- (butoxymethyl)-2-propenamide, ethenylbenzene and ethyl 2-propenoate | 26589-46-8 | Paints and coatings | As necessary for production | 6 (methacrylic acid); 6 (acrylic acid); ND [N-(butoxymethyl)-2--propenamide, DL=0.01mg/kg] | Paints and coatings produced with this substance cannot be operated at the temperature over 121℃, and cannot be used in contact with fatty food, infant and young children food or breast milk. |
2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 2,6-dimethyl ester, polymer with 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,2-ethanediol, 2,2’-oxybis[ethanol] and β3,β3,β9,β9 -tetramethyl-2,4,8,10- tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-diethanol | 2146168-28-5 | Plastic | As necessary for production | 0.05 (2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 2,6-dimethyl ester); 30 (ethanediol); 5 (β3,β3,β9,β9 -tetramethyl-2,4,8,10- tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-diethanol) | Plastic material and its products produced with this substance can only be used in contact with liquid milk, and limited to be used in the condition of 70℃≤T≤100℃, t≤1h and T<70℃, t≤2h. |
See China Approved Food Contact Materials Additives and Resins Permitted in China for the full list of permitted FCM additives and resins in China by now.