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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.

Last updated 19 April 2024. Database contains 1080 unique substances/entries.
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1 - 6.5 moles ethoxylated
500-018-3
9005-64-5
568
79040
yes
no
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618-414-0
9005-37-2
567
82080
yes
no
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566
33350
yes
no
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232-680-1
9005-32-7
566
33350
yes
no
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618-410-9
9005-27-0
565
61120
yes
no
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High-polymeric carbohydrate material usually derived from cereal grains such as corn, wheat and sorghum, and from roots and tubers such as potatoes and tapioca. Includes starch which has been pregelatinized by heating in the presence of water.
232-679-6
9005-25-8
564
24540
88800
yes
no
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618-404-6
9004-97-1
563
78320
yes
yes
42 mg/kg
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618-392-2
9004-70-0
562
22450
no
no
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618-391-7
9004-67-5
561
66240
yes
no
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618-389-6
9004-65-3
560
66700
yes
no
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56
57200
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no
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618-388-0
9004-64-2
559
61680
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no
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618-387-5
9004-62-0
558
60560
yes
no
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9004-59-5
557
66640
yes
no
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618-385-4
9004-58-4
556
54260
yes
no
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618-384-9
9004-57-3
555
53280
yes
no
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618-381-2
9004-36-8
554
43300
yes
no
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232-674-9
9004-34-6
553
43280
14500
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no
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618-363-4
9003-39-8
552
81500
yes
no
The substance shall meet the purity criteria as laid down in Commission Directive 2008/84/EC [OJ L 253, 20.9.2008, p. 1.].
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923-642-1
106392-12-5
551
79920
yes
no
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618-355-0
9003-11-6
551
79920
yes
no
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618-352-4
9003-07-0
550
81060
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no
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-
55
57120
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no
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618-339-3
9002-88-4
549
80000
yes
no
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A complex combination produced in mammary tissue from amino acids supplied by the blood. It contains several proteins, phosphorus, and calcium
232-555-1
9000-71-9
548
42800
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no
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A complex combination of proteins obtained by hydrolysis of collagen by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, bones, etc.
232-554-6
9000-70-8
547
55440
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232-553-0
9000-69-5
546
71440
yes
no
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232-552-5
9000-65-1
545
93680
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no
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232-536-8
9000-30-0
544
58400
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no
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Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. It is a product which may contain resin acids and their esters, terpenes, and oxidation or polymerization products of these terpenes. (Shorea, Dipterocarpaceae).
232-528-4
9000-16-2
543
45920
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no
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618-326-2
9000-11-7
542
42640
yes
no
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232-519-5
9000-01-5
541
58480
yes
no
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617-129-9
8062-15-5
540
63940
yes
no
0.24 mg/kg
Only to be used as dispersant for plastics dispersions.
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540
63940
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no
0.24 mg/kg
Only to be used as dispersant for plastics dispersions.
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54
57040
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no
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A complex combination derived from tall oil. Composed primarily of tricyclic monocarboxylic acids, mainly abietic and dehydroabietic acids. Includes tall-oil rosin stabilized by catalytic disproportionation.
232-484-6
8052-10-6
539
24160
no
no
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232-482-5
8050-31-5
538
84000
yes
no
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232-479-9
8050-26-8
537
84080
yes
no
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232-476-2
8050-15-5
536
84320
yes
no
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A complex combination derived from wood, especially pine wood. Composed primarily of resin acids and modified resin acids such as dimers and decarboxylated resin acids. Includes rosin stabilized by catalytic disproportionation.
232-475-7
8050-09-7
535
24100
24190
83840
24130
yes
no
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232-417-0
8017-16-1
534
80720
yes
no
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-
534
80720
yes
no
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The wax derived from Copernicia cerifera, Palmae.
232-399-4
8015-86-9
533
42720
yes
no
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232-391-0
8013-07-8
532
88640
yes
no
60 mg/kg
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232-391-0
8013-07-8
532
88640
yes
no
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232-391-0
8013-07-8
532
88640
yes
no
30 mg/kg
In the case of PVC gaskets used to seal glass jars containing infant formulae and follow-on formulae as defined by Directive 2006/141/EC or processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children as defined by Directive 2006/125/EC, the SML is lowered to 30 mg/kg.Oxirane < 8 %, iodine number < 6.
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The wax obtained from the honeycomb of the bee. It consists primarily of myricyl palmitate, cerotic acid and esters and some high-carbon paraffins.
232-383-7
8012-89-3
531
36880
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no
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The wax from Euphorbia antisiphylitica or Pedilanthus pavonis, Euphorbiaceae.
232-347-0
8006-44-8
530
41760
yes
no
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234-325-6
11099-07-3
53
56585
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no
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Wax obtained by extraction of lignite.
232-313-5
8002-53-7
529
67850
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no
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