On August 8, 2016, China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced the approval of three new additives used in food contact materials, one new food contact resins and enlarged the application scope of one food contact additive.
1. Three newly-approved food contact additives
| Name | Chinese | 氨基磺酸 |
| English | sulfamic acid | |
| CAS No. | 5329-14-6 | |
| Application Scope | Paper | |
| Maximum Level（%） | 0.1（weight of dry fiber） | |
| Name | Chinese | 甲基丙烯酸甲酯与丙烯酸乙酯、三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯的共聚物 |
| English | Methylmethacrylate-ethylacrylate-trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate copolymer | |
| CAS No. | 59779-17-8 | |
| Synonyms | Copolymer of MMA-EA-TMPTM | |
| Application Scope | LLDPE | |
| Maximum Level（%） | 2.0 | |
| SML (mg/kg) |
6.0 (expressed as methacrylic acid)； 6.0 (expressed as acrylic acid)； 0.05 (expressed as trimethylol propyl triacrylate). |
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| Remark | Contact temperature should be lower than 100℃ | |
| Name | Chinese | N,N,N-三甲基-3-[(1-氧代-2-丙烯-1-基)氨基]-1-丙基氯化铵均聚物 |
| English | 1-Propanaminium, N,N,N-trimethyl-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]-, chloride, homopolymer | |
| CAS No. | ||
| Synonyms | Homopolymer of 3-(N,N,N-trimethylammonium) propylacrylamide, chloride | |
| Application Scope | Paper | |
| Maximum Level（%） | 0.1（weight of dry paper pulp） | |
2. Newly-approved food contact resin
| Name | Chinese | 甲基丙烯酸甲酯与丙烯酸甲酯的共聚物 |
| English | Methylmethacrylate-methylacrylate copolymer | |
| CAS No. | — | |
| Application Scope | Plastic | |
| Maximum Level（%） |
6.0（expressed as methacrylic acid）； 6.0（expressed as acrylic acid） |
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| Remark |
1) Not allow to contact with Alcoholic food type; 2) Contact temperature should be lower than 100℃; 3) No contact time limitation when contact with food lower than 70℃; 4) Contact time should less than 15 minutes when contact temperature is 70～100℃. |
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3. Applications scope extensions for one food contact additive
| Name | Chinese | 2-甲基-2-丙烯酸环氧乙烷基甲酯与氯乙烯和乙酸乙烯酯的聚合物 |
| English | 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, oxiranylmethyl ester, polymer with chloroethene and ethenyl acetate | |
| CAS No. | 26781-49-7 | |
| Extension of Application Scope | Plastic, ink, coating, paper | |
| Maximum Level（%） | Reasonable application according to production requirement | |
| SML (mg/kg) |
vinyl chloride: ND, DL=0.01mg/kg； 12.0 (expressed as ethenyl ethanoate)； 0.02 (expressed as 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, oxiranylmethyl ester). |
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| QM (mg/kg) | 1 (vinyl chloride) | |
Reference link
NHFPC No. 10 (2016) Announcement
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