European Food Contact Materials and Packaging Legislation, Regulations and Standards

All Food Contact Materials and Articles Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 Framework Regulation Good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food Active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

Food Contact Plastics - Monomers and Additives 2008/39/EC 2007/19/EC 2005/79/EC 2004/19/EC 2004/1/EC 2002/72/EC 5th amendment of Directive 2002/72/EC 4th amendment of Directive 2002/72/EC 3rd amendment of Directive 2002/72/EC 2nd amendment of Directive 2002/72/EC 1st amendment of Directive 2002/72/EC Principle directive for plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

The publication of the 6th amendment is foreseen in autumn 2009.

Food Contact Plastics Testing for Migration 82/711/EEC 93/8/EEC 97/48/EC 85/572/EEC Methods for testing migration from food contact plastics 1st amendment to 82/711/EEC 2nd amendment to 82/711/EEC Simulants for use in testing migration from food contact plastics

A recast of all above-mentioned Plastics Directives is currently under discussion in the European Commission (so-called Plastics Implementation Measure PIM). Current drafts can be provided on request.

Recycled plastics in contact with food Regulation (EU) No. 282/2008 on recycled plastics

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Use of certain epoxy derivatives in food contact materials (BADGE/BFDGE/NOGE) 2002/16/EC 2004/13/EC Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 Migration limits for BADGE/BFDGE/NOGE Authorisation of use until 31.12.2004 Extension of the authorisation for the use of BADGE by one year

Restriction of the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE/FDGE/ NOGE) in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

Other specific food contact materials and articles 78/142/EEC 80/766/EEC 81/432/EEC 84/500/EEC 93/10/EEC 93/111/EEC Directive 2005/31/EC Directive 2004/14/EC Use of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) in food contact plastics Method for testing for level of VCM in food contact plastics Method for testing migration of VCM from food contact plastics Ceramics Regenerated cellulose film 1st amendment to 93/10/EEC (amending 84/500/EEC) (2nd amendment of 93/10/EEC

Aluminium materials and articles in contact with food There is no European legislation on metal materials and articles intended to come into contact with food up to now. A Council of Europe guideline for metals and alloys as food contact materials (amongst others also a Guideline on Aluminium) was published in March 2001. It is currently revised. The current draft can be provided on request. There are three standards existing for aluminium in contact with foodstuffs: EN 601 EN 602 Aluminium and aluminium alloys Castings Chemical composition of castings for use in contact with food Aluminium and aluminium alloys Wrought products Chemical composition of semi-finished products used for the fabrication of articles for use in contact with food Aluminium and aluminium alloys Specific requirements on the chemical composition of products intended to be used for the manufacture of packaging and packaging components Aluminium and aluminium alloys Special requirements for anodised products for use in contact with food

EN 14287

EN 14392

Further Council of Europe Resolutions and Guidelines on food contact materials The Committee of Ministers has adopted the following Resolutions: Resolution AP (89) 1 on the use of colourants in plastic materials coming into contact with food Resolution AP (92) 2 on control of aids to polymerisation for plastic materials and articles Resolution AP (97) 1 on ion exchange and adsorbent resins used in the processing of foodstuffs (superseding Resolution AP (89) 2) Resolution AP (99) 3 on silicones used for food contact applications Resolution AP(2002) 1 on paper and board materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs Framework Resolution AP(2004)1 on coatings intended to come into contact with food (replacing Resolution AP (96) 5) Resolution AP(2005)2 on packaging inks applied to the non-food contact surface of food packaging materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

Since the coating industry feels that the Resolution AP (2004)1 is not applicable in its present form, the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artistss Colours Industry (CEPE) developed together with other trade associations a Code of Practice for Coated Articles where the Food Contact Layer is a Coating. It can be downloaded from the CEPE website (www.cepe.org). Since the printing ink industry feels that the Resolution AP(2005)2 is not appropriate in its present form, the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) has produced a Guideline on Printing Inks applied to the non-food contact surface of food packaging materials and articles and an inventory list of packaging inks raw materials applied to the non-food contact surface of food packaging. The documents can be downloaded from the EuPIA website (www.eupia.org ).

European Packaging Legislation and Relating Standards

94/62/EC 2004/12/EC 2005/20/EC Directive on packaging and packaging waste 1st amendment of Directive 94/62/EC 2nd amendment of Directive 94/62/EC

Packaging Directive related standards fixing the so-called General Requirements

EN 13427 EN 13428 EN 13429 EN 13430 EN 13431

Packaging Requirements for the use of European standards in the field of packaging and packaging waste Packaging Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition Prevention by source reduction Packaging - Reuse Packaging Requirements for packaging recoverable by material recycling Packaging Requirements for packaging recoverable in the form of energy recovery, including specification of minimum inferior calorific value

Packaging Directive related CEN Reports covering heavy metal content, other dangerous substances and marking/material identification CR 13695-1 Packaging Requirements for measuring and verifying the four heavy metals and other dangerous substances present in packaging and their release into the environment Part 1: Requirements for measuring and verifying the four heavy metals present in packaging Packaging Requirements for measuring and verifying the four heavy metals and other dangerous substances present in packaging and their release into the environment Part 2: Requirements for measuring and verifying dangerous substances present in packaging, and their release into the environment Packaging Marking and material identification system

CR 13695-2

CR 14311