EU Revises Food Contact Plastics Regulation
(WorldNews Switzerland)

The EU has recently amended its `Food Contact Plastics` Regulation. This latest revision will become effective on January 31, 2019. SAFEGUARDS | Hardlines NO. 010/19 On January 11, 2019, the European Union (EU) published Regulation (EU) 2019/37 [1] to revise Regulation (EU) 10/2011 on Food Contact Plastics. The latest publication contains, inter alia, the following: Replacing four substances and adding three completely new substances to the Union list of authorized substances (Table 1 to Annex I) Adding one completely new item for a group restriction of three substances. These are to be expressed as crotonic acid (Table 2 to Annex I) Replacing the...