On August 25, 2016, EU Published amendment directive (EU) 2016/1416 of (EU) 10/2011 on plastic food contact material, changes as below:

Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 is amended as below:

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 14 September 2017 and may remain on the market until exhaustion of stocks.

The provisions on the specific migration limits for aluminium and for zinc set out in point 2(a) of the Annex and the assignments of food simulants in point 3(c) of the Annex shall apply from 14 September 2018.

For more information, pls refer to:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2016.230.01.0022.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2016:230:TOC

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