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Regulation (EU) No. 2018/79 about FCMs entry into force tomorrow
Publisher:Admin  Source:  Date:2018/2/9

18 January 2018, the European Union issued a regulation (EU) 2018/79 to amend (EU) No. 10/2011 on Official Journal. Since the last amendment to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) has published further scientific opinions on particular substances that may be used in food contact materials (‘FCM’) as well as on the permitted use of already authorised substances, The amendment was occurred on Annex I, table 1 and table 3, and the details were as follows:

1. The amending of table 1

a. The entry concerning FCM substance No 856 is replaced by the following

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b. The following entries are inserted in numerical order of the FCM substance numbers

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2.  In Table 3, the following entries are added.

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Plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation, may be placed on the market until 8 February 2019 and may remain on the market until exhaustion of stocks.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States,enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The date into force in 9 February 2018.

 

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