On 12 December, 2018, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) approved eight new food contact substances, including 5 new food contact additives, 2 new food contact resins and 1 food contact resin with expanded scope.
(1) New food contact additive
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level |
Rosin, polymer with formaldehyde and phenol | 67700-45-2 | Coating and coating film | 5% |
Copolymer of 2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate with 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctyl methacrylate, N-oxide, acetate | 1440528-04-0 | Paper and paperboard | 4 mg/dm2 |
C.I. Pigment orange 79 | 250640-08-5 | Plastic | 1% |
Formaldehyde, polymer with 2-methylphenol, Bu ether | 118685-25-9 | Coating and coating film | 1% |
1,3-Benzenedicarboxamide,N,N'-bis(2,2,6,6- tetramethyl-4-piperdinyl) | 42774-15-2 | Plastic: PET, EVOH, PA | PET: 0.5% EVOH, PA: 0.2% |
(2) New food contact resin
Name | CAS number | Common category name | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-butanediol and hexanedioic acid | 66027-02-9 | - | Coating and coating film | 40 |
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with 1,4-benzenediol, 2-(chloromethyl)oxirane, ethenylbenzene, ethyl 2-propenoate and 4,4enoate and 4,4,4and 4,44hylphenol], reaction products with 2-(dimethylamino)ethano | - | - | Coating and coating film | 75 |
(3) Food contact resin with expanded scope
Name | CAS number | Common category name | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Terephthalic acid, polymer with 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-D-glucitol, 4-cyclohexanedimethanol and 1,2-ethanediol | 1038843-64-9 | PET | Plastic | - |
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