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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 24 April 2024. Database contains 1080 unique substances/entries.
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326
35170
12763
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.
For indirect food contact only, behind a PET layer.
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203-867-5
111-41-1
262
35284
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.
For indirect food contact only, behind a PET layer.
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235-183-8
12124-97-9
601
35440
yes
no
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215-647-6
1336-21-6
413
35600
yes
no
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215-175-0
1309-64-4
398
35760
yes
no
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345
35840
yes
no
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208-031-3
506-30-9
345
35840
yes
no
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518
35845
yes
no
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7771-44-0
518
35845
yes
no
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101
36000
yes
no
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200-066-2
50-81-7
101
36000
yes
no
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205-305-4
137-66-6
321
36080
yes
no
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234-231-5
10605-09-1
591
36160
yes
no
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241-234-5
17194-00-2
625
36720
yes
no
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233-020-5
10022-31-8
581
36800
yes
no
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12007-55-5
599
36840
yes
no
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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
yes
no
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221-304-1
3061-75-4
458
36960
yes
no
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272
37040
yes
no
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204-010-8
112-85-6
272
37040
yes
no
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A colloidal clay. Consists primarily of montmorillonite.
215-108-5
1302-78-9
393
37280
yes
no
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202-860-4
100-52-7
195
37360
yes
no
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116
37600
13090
yes
no
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200-618-2
65-85-0
116
37600
13090
yes
no
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205-252-7
136-60-7
320
37680
yes
no
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202-284-3
93-89-0
172
37840
yes
no
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202-259-7
93-58-3
171
38080
yes
no
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219-020-8
2315-68-6
441
38160
yes
no
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204-337-6
119-61-9
286
38240
yes
yes
0.6 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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500-311-6
136504-96-6
767
38510
yes
no
5 mg/kg
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216-245-3
1533-45-5
422
38515
yes
yes
0.05 mg/kg
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808
38550
yes
no
5 mg/kg
SML including the sum of its hydrolysis products.
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618-128-6
882073-43-0
808
38550
yes
no
5 mg/kg
SML including the sum of its hydrolysis products.
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230-426-4
7128-64-5
500
38560
yes
yes
0.6 mg/kg
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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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264-122-8
63397-60-4
710
38700
yes
yes
18 mg/kg
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251-156-3
32687-78-8
675
38800
yes
yes
15 mg/kg
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ADK STAB PEP-36
410-290-4
80693-00-1
746
38810
yes
yes
5 mg/kg
SML expressed as sum of phosphite and phosphate.
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247-952-5
26741-53-7
652
38820
yes
yes
0.6 mg/kg
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421-920-2
154862-43-8
773
38840
yes
yes
5 mg/kg
SML expressed as sum of the substance itself, its oxidised form bis(2,4-dicumylphenyl)pentaerythritol-phosphate and its hydrolysis product (2,4-dicumylphenol).
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766
38879
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no
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413-110-2
135861-56-2
766
38879
yes
no
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412-440-4
2725-22-6
452
38885
yes
no
5 mg/kg
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438-600-3
110675-26-8
758
38940
yes
yes
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758
38940
yes
yes
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743
38950
yes
no
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NC-4
406-176-9
79072-96-1
743
38950
yes
no
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252-816-3
35958-30-6
679
39060
yes
yes
5 mg/kg
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19
39090
yes
no
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20
39120
yes
no
SML(T) expressed excluding HCl.
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204-393-1
120-40-1
923
39150
yes
no
5 mg/kg
The residual amount of diethanolamine in plastics, as an impurity and decomposition product of the substance, shall not result in a migration of diethanolamine higher than 0,3 mg/kg food.
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228-253-4
6200-40-4
493
39200
yes
no
1.8 mg/kg
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682-678-3
182121-12-6
779
39815
yes
yes
0.05 mg/kg
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617-241-8
81541-12-0
752
39890
yes
no
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752
39890
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no
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752
39890
yes
no
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752
39890
yes
no
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69158-41-4
752
39890
yes
no
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CLEARLITE NU 005; DISORBENE M; GENISET MD; GLC NU 005; MILLAD 3940; NU 005
402-950-5
87826-41-3
752
39890
yes
no
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611-185-8
54686-97-4
752
39890
yes
no
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430-800-9
129228-21-3
763
39925
yes
yes
0.05 mg/kg
Details
213-590-1
991-84-4
384
40000
yes
yes
30 mg/kg
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CG 25-1320; IRGANOX 1520; TK 12229/1
402-860-6
110553-27-0
756
40020
yes
yes
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756
40020
yes
yes
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614-830-1
68951-50-8
735
40120
yes
no
0.6 mg/kg
Details
LICHTSCHUTZMITTEL 1736
413-610-0
124172-53-8
795
40155
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
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61269-61-2
701
40160
yes
no
2.4 mg/kg
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584
40320
13620
yes
no
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233-139-2
10043-35-3
584
40320
13620
yes
no
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233-136-6
10043-11-5
583
40400
yes
no
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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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203-448-7
106-97-8
221
40570
yes
no
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203-786-5
110-63-4
254
40580
13720
yes
no
Details
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
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 7 %.
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246-563-8
25013-16-5
635
40720
yes
no
30 mg/kg
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235-841-4
13003-12-8
608
40800
yes
yes
6 mg/kg
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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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227-265-7
5743-36-2
489
41040
yes
no
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233-140-8
10043-52-4
585
41120
yes
no
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215-137-3
1305-62-0
394
41280
yes
no
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215-138-9
1305-78-8
395
41520
yes
no
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609-389-7
37293-22-4
598
41600
yes
no
Details
234-448-5
12004-14-7
598
41600
yes
no
Details
200-945-0
76-22-2
136
41680
yes
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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203-313-2
105-60-2
212
41840
14200
yes
no
Details
264-144-8
63438-80-2
711
42000
yes
yes
30 mg/kg
Details
215-609-9
1333-86-4
411
42080
yes
no
Primary particles of 10 - 300 nm which are aggregated to a size of 100 - 1200 nm which may form agglomerates within the size distribution of 300 nm - mm.
Toluene extractables: maximum 0,1 %, determined according to ISO method 6209.
UV absorption of cyclohexane extract at 386 nm: < 0,02 AU for a 1 cm cell or < 0,1 AU for a 5 cm cell, determined according to a generally recognised method of analysis.
Benzo(a)pyrene content: max 0,25 mg/kg carbon black.
Maximum use level of carbon black in the polymer: 2,5 % w/w.
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204-696-9
124-38-9
307
42160
yes
no
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209-530-9
584-09-8
353
42480
yes
no
12 mg/kg
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21
42500
yes
no
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618-326-2
9000-11-7
542
42640
yes
no
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The wax derived from Copernicia cerifera, Palmae.
232-399-4
8015-86-9
533
42720
yes
no
Details
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
yes
no
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Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. It consists primarily of the glycerides of the fatty acid ricinoleic. (Ricinus communis, Euphorbiaceae).
232-293-8
8001-79-4
527
42880
14411
yes
no
Details
264-705-7
64147-40-6
712
42960
yes
no
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22
43200
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no
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