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Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

New EU Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food was published on 2011 Jan 15.This new regulation starts to effect on 2011 May 1. It repeals Commission Directive 2002/72/EC.

Scope of the Regulation EU No.10/2011
This Regulation shall apply to materials and articles which are placed on the EU market and fall under the following categories:
a) Material and articles and parts thereof consisting exclusively of plastics
b) Plastic multi-layer materials and articles held together by adhesives or by other means
c) Materials and articles referred to in pointed a)&b) that are printed and/or covered by a coating
d) Plastic layers or plastic coatings, forming gaskets in caps and closures, that together with those caps and closure compose a set of two or more layers of different types of materials
e) Plastic layers in multi-material multi-layer materials and articles

This Regulation shall not apply to the following materials and articles  

  • TIon exchange resin
  • Rubber
  • Silicones

  • This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the EU or national provisions applicable to printing inks, adhesives or coatings.

DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE AND DOCUMENTATION
Declaration of compliance
Supporting Documents
1. shall contain the conditions and results of testing, calculations, modelling, other analysis and evidence on the safety or reasoning demonstrating compliance
2. shall be made available by the business operator to the national competent authorities on request

Overall migration & Specific Migration Limit
1. Overall Migration
       - 10mg/dm²
       - 60mg/kg
2. Specific Migration (When there is no specific migration limit or other restrictions are provided, a generic specific migration limit of 60 mg/kg shall apply)

Transitional Provisions

  • Until 2012 Dec. 31
    It may accept to place the following on the market, the food contact materials and articles which have been lawfully placed on the market before 2011 May 1
  • Until 2012 Dec. 31, supporting documents transitional provisions
    Supporting documents shall be based on the basic rules for overall migration and specific migration testing set
    out in the Annex to Directive 82/711/EEC
  • From 2013 Jan. 1 to 2015 Dec. 31
    Supporting document for materials, articles and substances placed on the market may be based on either the
    new migration rules stated in Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 or the rules set out in Annex to Directive
    82/711/EEC
  • From 2016 Jan 1
    Supporting documents shall be based on the rules for migration testing set out in Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011


Repeal of EU directive

1. 80/766/EEC, Commission Directive method of analysis for the official control of the vinyl chloride monomer level in material contact with food
2. 81/432/EEC, Commission Directive method of analysis for the official control of the vinyl chloride release by material and article into foodstuffs
3. 2002/72/EC, Commission Directive relating to plastic materials and article for foodstuffs

For more information, please clock the hyeperlink:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:012:0001:0089:EN:PDF


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