On 12 July 2023, the EU Official Journal published a new Regulation (EU) 2023/1442, amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 is amended, see below more details.
Revise contents:
1. Entry 96 on wood flour and fibers, untreated, and entry 121 on salicylic acid are deleted;
2. Requirements on phthalates are more strict:
lower SML of DBP from 0.3mg/kg to 0.12mg/kg；
lower SML of BBP from 30mg/kg to 6mg/kg；
lower SML of DEHP from 1.5mg/kg to 0.6mg/kg；
lower SML of DINP from 9mg/kg to 1.8mg/kg (SML(T)), not to be used in combination with FCM substances 157-DBP, 159-BBP, 283-DEHP, or 1085-DIBP.
SML(T) 36 is added, SML(T) of DBP,BBP,DEHP,DIBP shall not more than 0.6mgkg expressed as DEHP equivalents using the following equation: DBP*5 + DIBP*4 + BBP*0,1 + DEHP*1.
3. modified substances triethanolamine, Perchloric acid, salts (perchlorate), PHBH, etc.
Transitional measures:
1.Plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation, which were first placed on the market before 1 February 2025 may remain on the market until the exhaustion of stocks.
2.In case a product from an intermediate stage of the manufacturing of plastic materials and articles or a substance intended for the manufacturing of such a product, material or article, which complies with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation and which is first placed on the market after 1 May 2024 does not comply with this Regulation, the declaration of compliance available for that substance or product shall indicate that it does not comply with the present rules, and that it can only be used in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles to be placed on the market before 1 February 2025.
3.Plastic materials and articles manufactured with salicylic acid (FCM No 121) or manufactured with untreated wood flour or fibres from a specific wood species may continue to be first placed on the market after 1 February 2025 provided that certain conditions are fulfilled;