The Plastic Regulation (EU) no. 10/2011 amended by (EU) no. 2018/831
The European Commission has released Regulation (EU) no. 2018/831 which amends Regulation (EU) no. 10/2011 on Plastic materials and articles for food contact. The amendment defines new limit values for 2 substances that are already in the positive list in Annex I, and adds 2 new substances to the list.
The changes are as follows:
Substance | Amendments |
Perchloric acid, salts (FCM substance No 822) |
Decrease of the specific migration limit (SML) from 0.05mg/kg to 0.002mg/kg |
Phosphorous acid, mixed 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenyl and 4-(1,1- dimethylpropyl) phenyl triesters |
Increase of the SML from 5 to 10mg/kg |
1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene 2,6-di carboxylic acid, dimethyl ester |
New entry (FCM substance No 1066) added |
[3- (2,3-epoxypropoxy) propyl]trimethoxy silane |
New entry (FCM substance No 1068) added |
Plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation, may be placed on the market until 26 June 2019 and may remain on the market until exhaustion of stocks.
Regulation (EU) no. 2018/831 can be found here
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