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On 4 March 2014, the European Commission (EC) published Regulation (EU) No 202/2014 in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ EU) to amend Annex I of the “Plastics Regulation” (EU) No 10/2011.
Based on the opinions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in July 2012, the following two substances were concluded to pose no safety concerns for the consumers:
As a result, they are now added to the Union List of authorised substances (Table 1 of Annex 1) as food contact materials (FCM) substance numbers 872 and 988, respectively.
Also, the hydrolysis product of FCM substance No 988 is 1,3- benzenedimethanamine (which is FCM substance 421) and it should be controlled. A group restriction has therefore been introduced for FCM substance numbers 421 and 988 in Table 2 of Annex I.
FCM substance No 340, dicyanodiamide, which is an approved FCM substance already listed in Table 1 of Annex 1, now has a specific migration limit (SML) of 60 mg/kg.
A statement on the verification of compliance with primary aromatic amines (PAA) has been introduced in Table 3 of Annex I.
Table A below summaries all these changes.
Table A. Summary of changes to Annex I of The Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011
| Annex I | Description |
| Table 1 |
The following two FCM substances are added:
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Dicyanodiamide (No. 340), which is currently an authorised additive for use in plastics, has been given an SML of 60 mg/kg. |
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| Table 2 | A group restriction has been introduced for 1,3-benzenedimethanamine (No. 421) and 1,3-bis(isocyanatomethyl)benzene (No. 988), with an SML of 0.05 mg/kg. |
| Table 3 |
Verification of compliance with PAA with restrictions set in Annex II (2) is necessary when the substance contains aniline as an impurity. |
These amendments have entered into force on 24 March 2014.
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