SGS Summarizes New Chinese Standards for Food Contact Materials

SGS publishes SafeGuardS on China’s new mandatory food contact material standards for adhesives and solvent residues. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) May 23, 2024 - SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 069.24 to provide stakeholders with details of China’s new mandatory food contact materials standards for adhesives and solvent residues.

47 Chinese national food safety standards were announced by the National Health Commission and State Administration for Market Regulation in March 2024. These included two important standards for food contact materials (FCM) and articles:
1. GB 4806.15-2024 ‘National food safety standard: Adhesives for food contact materials and products’
2. GB 31604.60-2024 ‘National food safety standard: Determination of solvent residues in food contact materials and products’

GB 4806.15-2024 is the nation’s first standard for food contact adhesives. It will come into effect on February 8, 2025.

GB 31604.60-2024 details the methodology for analyzing 25 organic solvents in food contact composite materials and products. It will come into effect on August 8, 2024.

SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory changes that will impact their business. SafeGuardS 069.24 covers the two new Chinese standards for food contact materials and includes a summary of the requirements in GB 31604.60-2024.

Stakeholders are advised to review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 069.24 for more details.

SGS Food Contact Material Services
SGS’s technical experts have extensive experience of testing materials and articles in contact with food. They can ensure that your products meet the appropriate regulations for food contact materials and pave the way for compliance. SGS offers the full range of testing, including migration tests, along with expert advice on emerging regulations, compliance issues and documentation review. In the end, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS’s Food Contact Material Services. [http://www.sgs.com/fcm]

SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full China Announces Two Standards for Food Contact Materials SafeGuardS. [www.sgs.com/en/news/2024/05/safeguards-6924-china-announces-two-standards-for-food-contact-materials]

Subscribe here, www.sgs.com/subscribesg, to receive SGS SafeGuardS direct to your inbox.

For further information contact:

Dr. HingWo Tsang
Global Information and Innovation Manager
Tel: (+852) 2774 7420

Lielie Li
Technical Support - Chemical
Tel: +86 (0) 21 6107 8372

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