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FCM: 13th amendment to regulation EU/10/2011
On 8 August 2019, regulation EU/2019/1338 was published in the Official Journal of the European Unions. It concerns the 13th amendment to regulation EU/10/2011 on plastic mater…
FCM: China approves new additives & resins
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) approved on July 23rd, 2019: 1. the new or expanded use of four additives for food-contact materials and articles Thr…
Stricter control of the German packaging law
At the beginning of this year, the new packaging law, the so-called VerpackG, entered into force in Germany. Since a few weeks the Zentrale Stelle has now also begun checking w…
European court confirms BPA as "SVHC"
On July 11th, 2019, the European Court confirmed in a judgment that the chemical substance “bisphenol A”, abbreviated BPA, should be included as a substance of very High Concer…
Food Contact Guideline: Paper & cardboard
Paper and cardboard have recently issued an update of the Food Contact Guideline for demonstrating the conformity of materials and objects made of paper and cardboard intended …
Single Use Plastics: Publication of the Directive
The new European Directive (EU / 2019/904) on the reduction of the effects of certain plastic products on the environment, the so-called SUP Directive (Single Use Plastics) was…Change in the labeling of hazardous mixtures
From 2020, a new code will appear on the label of products that are classified as dangerous on the basis of the so-called CLP Regulation (Regulation EC / 1272/2008 on classific…
EU-Directive on counterfeiting medicines in force!
In order to prevent counterfeit medicinal products from entering the legal supply chain, Europe has made a change to the basic Directive 2001/83/EC on medicinal products for hu…
EU Single use plastic, an update
As reported in one of our previous newsletters, a preliminary agreement was reached December 19th, 2018 on the proposal for a directive on single-use plastics, the so-called SU…
