CFSA Opened Public Comments for Ten New Food Contact Substances - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

On 18 February, 2020, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 10 new food contact additives and resins passing the technical review of the CFSA Expert Review Committee and now opens for public comments, including 2 new food contact additives, 2 food contact additives with expanded scope, and 6 new food contact resins. The deadline for public comments is 11 March, 2020.

(1) New food contact additive

Name	CAS number	Range of application	Maximum level (%)
Microfibrillated cellulose pulp	65996-61-4	Paper and paperboard	5 (count as the dry weight of fiber)
2-Butenedioic acid (2E)-, dibutyl ester, homopolymer	—	Coating and coating film	2

(2) Food contact additive with expanded scope

Name	CAS number	Range of application	Maximum level (%)
Calcium stearate	1592-23-0	Plastic: PEEK	0.03
2,5-Furandione, dihydro-, mono-C15~20-alkenyl derivs.	68784-12-3	Plastic: PE, PP	0.48

(3) New food contact resin

Name	CAS number	Range of application	Maximum level (%)
Fatty acid, C18- unsaturated, dimers, polymers with caprolactam and hexamethylenediamine	2068097-08-3	Plastic	—
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with N-(butoxymethyl)-2-propenamide, ethenylbenzene and ethyl 2-propenoate	26589-46-8	Coating and coating film	—
Styrene block polymers with 2-methyl-1,3- butadiene and 1,3-butadiene, hydrogenated	132778-07-5	Plastic	—
Phenol, 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis-, polymer with (chloromethyl)oxirane, benzoate	52907-82-1	Coating and coating film	19.7 (count as the coating formula)
Polymer of 1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane, 2-methylpropane-1,3-diol, tricyclo(5.2.1.02,7)decan- 4,8-dimethanol,benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, benzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic acid, 5-isocyanato-1-isocyanatomethyl-1,3,3- trimethylcyclohexane	—	Coating and coating film	30 (count as the coating formula)
Polymer of butanediol-1,4, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol-1,2, trimethylolpropane, dimethyl terephthalate, isophthalic acid and sebacic acid	—	Coating and coating film	30 (count as the coating formula)

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