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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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815
94985
yes
no
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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816
45704
yes
no
5 mg/kg
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817
38507
yes
no
5 mg/kg
Not to be used with polyethylene in contact with acidic foods.
Purity ≥ 96 %.
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818
21530
no
no
5 mg/kg
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248-093-9
26896-20-8
819
68110
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
Not to be used in polymers contacting fatty foods.
Not to be used for articles in contact with fatty foods for which simulant D1 and/or D2 is laid down.
SML expressed as neodecanoic acid.
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82
83325
yes
no
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820
76420
yes
no
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821
90810
yes
no
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623-712-9
14797-73-0
822
71938
yes
no
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822
71938
yes
no
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823
24889
no
no
5 mg/kg
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83
83330
yes
no
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84
85601
yes
no
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85
85610
yes
no
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682-234-9
329238-24-6
854
71943
yes
no
Only to be used in concentrations up to 0,5 % w/w in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers that are processed at temperatures at or above 340 °C and are intended for use in repeated use articles.
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855
40560
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 12 % at room temperature or below.
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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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37953-21-2
857
66765
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 2 % at room temperature or below.
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ADK STAB AO 80; SUMILIZER GA-80
410-730-5
90498-90-1
858
38565
yes
yes
0.05 mg/kg
SML expressed as the sum of the substance and its oxidation product 3-[(3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy)-1,1-dimethylethyl]-9-[(3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl) propionyloxy)-1,1-dimethylethyl]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro [5,5]-undecane in equilibrium with its para quinone methid tautomer.
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859
yes
no
Only to be used as particles in non-plasticised PVC up to 10 % w/w in contact with all food types at room temperature or below including long- term storage.
When used together with the substance with FCM No 998 and/or the substance with FCM No 1043, the restriction of 10 % w/w applies to the sum of those substances.
The diameter of particles shall be > 20 nm, and for at least 95 % by number it shall be > 40 nm.
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86
86000
yes
no
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680-272-0
51798-33-5
860
71980
yes
no
Only to be used in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers that are processed at temperatures at or above 265 °C and are intended for use in repeated use articles.
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861
71990
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no
Only to be used in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers that are processed at temperatures at or above 265 °C and are intended for use in repeated use articles.
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236-236-8
13252-13-6
861
71990
yes
no
Only to be used in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers that are processed at temperatures at or above 265 °C and are intended for use in repeated use articles.
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3,4-DIACETOXY-1-BUTENE
421-720-5
18085-02-4
862
15180
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
SML including the hydrolysis product 3,4- dihydroxy-1-butene.
Only to be used as a co-monomer for ethylvinylalcohol (EVOH) and polyvinylalcohol (PVOH) copolymers.
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211-471-9
646-25-3
863
15260
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used as a co-monomer for manufacturing polyamide articles for repeated use in contact with aqueous, acidic and dairy foodstuffs at room temperature or for short term contact up to 150 °C.
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200-254-4
56-06-4
864
46330
yes
no
5 mg/kg
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) in contact with non-acidic and non-alcoholic aqueous food.
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607-698-1
25322-99-0
865
40619
yes
no
Only to be used in: (a) rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 1 % w/w. (b) polylactic acid (PLA) at a maximum level of 5 % w/w.
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866
40620
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no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 7 %.
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40471-03-2
867
40815
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 2 %.
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618-459-6
9010-88-2
868
53245
yes
no
Only to be used in: (a) rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 2 % w/w. (b) polylactic acid (PLA) at a maximum level of 5 % w/w. (c) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at a maximum level of 5 % w/w.
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608-050-0
27136-15-8
869
66763
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 3 %.
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87
86285
yes
no
For synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide, silanated: primary particles of 1-100 nm which are aggregated to a size of 0,1-1 µm and may form agglomerates within the size distribution of 0,3 µm to the mm size.
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481-840-9
160535-46-6
870
95500
yes
no
5 mg/kg
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287916-86-3
871
yes
no
Only to be used in polyolefins at levels of up to 20 weight %. These polyolefins shall only be used in contact with foods for which Table 2 of Annex III assigns food simulant E, at ambient temperature or below, and when migration of the total oligomeric fraction of less than 1 000 Da does not exceed 50 µg/kg food.
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455-890-7
6607-41-6
872
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
To be used only as a co-monomer in polycarbonate copolymers.
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873
93460
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no
Reaction product of titanium dioxide with up to 2 % w/w surface treatment substance octyltriethoxysilane, processed at high temperatures.
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641-029-4
156065-00-8
874
16265
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used as comonomer in siloxane modified polycarbonate.
The oligomeric mixture shall be characterised by the formula C24H38Si2O5(SiOC2H6)n (50 > n ≥ 26).
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641-029-4
156065-00-8
874
16265
no
no
Only to be used as comonomer in siloxane modified polycarbonate.
The oligomeric mixture shall be characterised by the formula C24H38Si2O5(SiOC2H6)n (50 > n ≥ 26).
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500-140-7
58128-22-6
875
80345
yes
yes
5 mg/kg
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878
31335
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no
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879
31336
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no
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88
86880
yes
no
9 mg/kg
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880
31348
yes
no
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221-140-0
3010-96-6
881
25187
no
no
5 mg/kg
Only for: (a) repeated use articles for long term storage at room temperature or below and hotfill; (b) single use materials and articles as a co-monomer at a maximum use level of 35 mole % of the diol component of polyesters, and if such materials and articles are for long term storage at room temperature or below of food types which have an alcohol content of up to 10 % and for which Table 2 of Annex III does not assign simulant D2. Hot fill conditions are allowed for such single use materials and articles.
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881
25187
no
no
5 mg/kg
Only for: (a) repeated use articles for long term storage at room temperature or below and hotfill; (b) single use materials and articles as a co-monomer at a maximum use level of 35 mole % of the diol component of polyesters, and if such materials and articles are for long term storage at room temperature or below of food types which have an alcohol content of up to 10 % and for which Table 2 of Annex III does not assign simulant D2. Hot fill conditions are allowed for such single use materials and articles.
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219-330-3
2416-94-6
882
25872
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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882
25872
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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224-709-1
4457-71-0
883
22074
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used in materials in contact with food at a surface to mass ratio up to 0,5 dm2/kg.
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293-728-5
91082-17-6
884
34240
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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