Netherlands Applies Updated Law on Food Contact Materials and Articles
On November 3, 2016, Dutch authorities published an amendment to the rules relating to food contact materials and articles. The new law came into force on January 1, 2017.
- (1888PressRelease) January 21, 2017 - The Netherlands has enforced new regulations concerning food contact materials and articles. The new law came into force on January 1, 2017, and is an updated version of the Dutch Commodities Act Regulation on Packaging and Consumer Articles Coming into Contact with Foodstuffs (Commodities Act (Packaging and Consumer Articles) Regulation [Warenwetregeling verpakkingen en gebruiksartikelen]).
The new rules, published under number 58058 in Staatscourant 2016, were originally issued on November 3, 2016, by the Dutch Minister for Public Health, Welfare and Sport as 1028394-156011-VGP of October 26, 2016.
It alters the Commodities Act Regulation in a number of important ways, including:
• Amending the list of authorized substances for plastics, paper & cardboards, metals and coatings
• Amending the specific migration limit (SML) for some organic chemicals used in plastic food contact materials (FCMs)
• Amending the SML for total zirconium compounds (expressed as zirconium) in plastics, passivated metals, glass and glass ceramics
• Requiring the use of 1.5% citric acid or the foodstuff itself for the specific migration of zirconium in passivated metals.
The new law has seen a significant change in the SML for zirconium, with a less stringent SML of 2.0 mg/kg replacing the previous 0.05 mg/kg. Zirconium compounds are listed as zirconium (IV) n-propoxide, zirconium naphthalene, zirconium octanoate (-), and zirconium oxide.
Part A of the Dutch Commodities Act Regulation on Packaging and Consumer Articles Coming into Contact with Foodstuffs (Commodities Act (Packaging and Consumer Articles) Regulation [Warenwetregeling verpakkingen en gebruiksartikelen]) contains rules and requirements for twelve types of food contact material and articles. These are listed as: plastics, paper & cardboards, rubber, metals, glass & glass ceramics, ceramics & enamels, textiles, regenerated cellulose films, wood & corks, coatings, colorants & pigments, and epoxy polymers.
The amended regulation came into force on January 1, 2017, and stakeholders are now advised to check their products are compliant with the updated law.
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