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 |
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