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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 28 March 2024. Database contains 1080 unique substances/entries.
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246-665-2
25151-96-6
637
71635
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
Not to be used for articles in contact with fatty foods for which simulant D1 and/or D2 is laid down.
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681-637-7
25134-51-4
636
31500
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
SML expressed as acrylic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester.
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681-637-7
25134-51-4
636
31500
yes
no
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843-371-1
25101-28-4
856
40563
yes
no
Only to be used in: rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 12 % at room temperature or below; or at up to 40 % w/w in blends of styrene acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) repeatuse articles at room temperature or below, and when either in contact only with aqueous, acidic and/or low alcoholic (< 20 %) foodstuffs for less than 1 day, or when in contact only with dry foodstuffs for any duration of time.
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246-563-8
25013-16-5
635
40720
yes
no
30 mg/kg
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219-702-5
2500-88-1
449
49840
yes
yes
0.05 mg/kg
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219-696-4
2499-59-4
448
11890
no
no
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219-674-4
2495-37-6
447
20080
no
no
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219-673-9
2495-35-4
446
10750
no
no
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429-840-1
24937-78-8
969
yes
no
Only to be used as a polymeric additive up to 2 % w/w in polyolefins.
The migration of low molecular weight oligomeric fraction below 1 000 Da shall not exceed 5 mg/kg food.
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246-466-0
24800-44-0
634
25910
no
no
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219-574-0
2466-09-3
445
83440
yes
no
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219-547-3
2459-10-1
971
25885
no
no
Only to be used as a co-monomer up to 0,35 % w/w to produce modified polyesters intended to be used in contact with aqueous and dry foodstuffs containing no free fat at the surface.
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219-470-5
2440-22-4
444
61440
yes
no
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219-417-6
2432-99-7
443
12788
no
no
5 mg/kg
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219-371-7
2425-79-8
442
13780
no
no
0.01 mg/kg
Residual content = 1 mg/kg in final product expressed as epoxygroup.
Molecular weight is 43 Da.
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219-348-1
2421-28-5
1083
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used at up to 43 % (w/w) as a co-monomer in the production of polyimides for use in contact with foods for which only simulants B and/or D2 are laid down in table 2 of Annex III at temperatures up to 250 °C.
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219-330-3
2416-94-6
882
25872
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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23985-75-3
1066
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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).
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245-950-9
23949-66-8
633
53200
yes
yes
30 mg/kg
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245-818-0
23676-09-7
632
52880
yes
no
3.6 mg/kg
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219-020-8
2315-68-6
441
38160
yes
no
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245-442-7
23128-74-7
631
59120
yes
yes
45 mg/kg
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245-217-3
22788-19-8
630
82240
yes
no
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227099-60-7
781
95265
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
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