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FCM and Articles Regulation, Annex I - Authorised Substances

EU. Union List of Authorized Substances: Annex I, Plastics Food Contact Regulation 10/2011/EU, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1627, OJ L 201, 11 August 2023

This list contains the Union list of authorised monomers, other starting substances, macromolecules obtained from microbial fermentation, additives and polymer production aids. It is taken from Annex I of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

RELEVANT LEGISLATION
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FCM No
1066
Additive or PPA
no
Use as monomer/macromolecule
yes
FRF applicable
no
SML (mg/kg)
0.05 mg/kg
Restriction(s)
Only to be used as a co-monomer in the manufacture of a polyester non-food contact layer in a plastic multilayer material, which is to be used only in contact with foods for which food simulants A, B, C and/or D1 are assigned in Table 2 of Annex III.

The specific migration limit in column 8 refers to the sum of the substance and of its dimers (cyclic and open chain).

Expressed As
As the sum of the substance and of its dimers (cyclic and open chain)