On June 29th, 2021, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 8 new food contact additives and resins passing the technical review of the CFSA Expert Review Committee and now open for public comments, including 1 new food contact material and article, 1 new food contact additive, 5 food contact additives with expanded scope, and 1 new disinfectant raw material. The deadline for public comments is 21 July, 2021.
(1) New food contact material and article (1 type)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Silicon dioxide coatings made from the monomers hexamethyldisiloxane and hexamethyldisilazane | — | PET Coating | — |
(2) New food contact additive (1 type)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
2-Propenoic acid, polymer with 2,5-furandione and 2-propenamide, sodium salt | 1630821-33-8 | Paper and paperboard | 0.041 (Count as the dry weight) |
(3) Food contact additives with expanded scope (5 types)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Maltodextin | 9050-36-6 | Adhesives | Appropriate level |
C.I. pigment blue 15 | 147-14-8 | Plastic: PLA | 0.7 |
C.I. pigment red 254 | 84632-65-5 | Plastic: PLA | 1.4 |
Carbon black | 1333-86-4 | Plastic: PLA | 1.5 |
C.I. pigment yellow 180 | 77804-81-0 | Plastic: PLA | 0.5 |
(4) New disinfectant raw material (1 type)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Peroxyoctanoic acid | 33734-57-5 | 1. Tools and equipment that come into direct contact with food or the surfaces of food packaging materials; 2. Tableware, drinkware. | — |
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