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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 23 April 2024. Database contains 1080 unique substances/entries.
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227-265-7
5743-36-2
489
41040
yes
no
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226-864-0
5518-18-3
488
53440
yes
no
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226-029-0
5232-99-5
487
45640
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
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225-863-2
5124-30-1
485
15700
13560
no
no
1 mg/kg in final product expressed as isocyanate moiety.
Details
225-306-3
4767-03-7
484
13395
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Details
225-218-5
4724-48-5
483
68860
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
Details
225-094-2
4655-34-9
482
21100
no
no
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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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224-594-8
4422-95-1
481
13060
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
SML expressed as 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid.
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224-166-0
4221-80-1
480
46790
yes
no
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224-069-3
4191-73-5
478
60180
yes
no
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223-945-2
4130-42-1
477
46720
yes
yes
4.8 mg/kg
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223-861-6
4098-71-9
475
19110
no
no
1 mg/kg in final product expressed as isocyanate moiety.
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223-805-0
4080-31-3
474
43600
yes
no
0.3 mg/kg
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223-792-1
4074-90-2
473
12265
no
no
0.01 mg/kg
5 mg/kg in final product.
Only to be used as co-monomer.
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223-773-8
4066-02-8
472
66560
yes
yes
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223-578-8
3965-55-7
471
24888
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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223-445-4
3896-11-5
470
60400
yes
yes
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223-383-8
3864-99-1
469
60480
yes
yes
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223-320-4
3825-26-1
468
71960
yes
no
Only to be used in repeated use articles, sintered at high temperatures.
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223-077-4
3724-65-0
467
45600
14800
yes
no
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223-054-9
3710-30-3
1034
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used as a crosslinking co-monomer in the manufacture of polyolefins for contact with any type of foods for long term storage at room temperature, including when packaged under hot-fill conditions.
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222-883-3
3648-18-8
466
50640
yes
no
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222-852-4
3634-83-1
988
no
no
SML(T) applies to the migration of its hydrolysis product, 1,3- benzenedimethanamine.
To be used only as co-monomer in the manufacture of a middle layer coating on a poly(ethylene terephthalate) polymer film in a multilayer film.
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222-067-7
3333-62-8
465
68040
yes
no
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222-020-0
3319-31-1
1078
yes
no
1 mg/kg
Only to be used as plasticiser to manufacture soft poly(vinyl chloride).
Not to be used in contact with foods intended for infants.
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221-950-4
3290-92-4
463
25840
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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221-800-8
3238-40-2
1031
no
no
5 mg/kg
Only to be used as a monomer in the production of polyethylene furanoate.
The migration of the oligomeric fraction of less than 1 000 Da shall not exceed 50 µg/kg food (expressed as furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid).
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221-698-5
3195-78-6
462
26170
no
no
0.02 mg/kg
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221-641-4
3173-72-6
461
22420
no
no
1 mg/kg in final product expressed as isocyanate moiety.
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221-639-3
3173-53-3
460
14950
no
no
1 mg/kg in final product expressed as isocyanate moiety.
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221-532-1
3135-18-0
459
46870
yes
no
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221-304-1
3061-75-4
458
36960
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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221-073-7
2998-18-7
457
20140
no
no
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221-072-1
2998-08-5
456
10810
no
no
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220-688-8
2867-47-2
455
20530
no
no
0.01 mg/kg
Details
220-666-8
2855-13-2
454
12670
no
no
6 mg/kg
Details
220-449-8
2768-02-7
453
26320
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Details
220-239-6
2682-20-4
451
66755
yes
no
0.5 mg/kg
Only to be used in aqueous polymer dispersions and emulsions.
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219-882-5
2561-88-8
450
24430
no
no
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219-785-8
2530-85-0
788
21498
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used as a surface treatment agent of inorganic fillers.
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219-784-2
2530-83-8
1068
no
no
Only to be used as a component of a sizing agent to treat glass fibres to be embedded in glass-fibre-reinforced low diffusivity plastics (polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), thermoset polyesters and epoxy bisphenol vinylester) in contact with all foodstuffs. In treated glass fibres, residues of the substance must not be detectable at 0,01 mg/kg for the substance and 0,06 mg/kg for each of the reaction products (hydrolysed monomers and epoxy-containing cyclic dimer, trimer and tetramer).
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219-702-5
2500-88-1
449
49840
yes
yes
0.05 mg/kg
Details
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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219-574-0
2466-09-3
445
83440
yes
no
Details
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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