On Mar. 21, 2019, China CFSA opened public feedback on 10 new food related products, including 3 additives, 6 new resins and 1 additive with enlarged scope. The deadline for comments is Apr. 21, 2019.
3 new FCM additives
| Name | CAS No. | Scope | Maximum usage level/% | SML/ (mg/kg) | Notes |
| Formaldehyde, polymer with 3-methylphenol, Bu ether | 61991-38-6 | Paints and coating | 12 (calculated as coating dry weight) | 15 (calculated as formaldehyde) | The food-contact painting and coating which contains this substance cannot contact food whose alcoholic content exceeds 50% The maximum usage temperature is 127℃ |
| Copolymers of acrylamide, diallyldimethylammonium chloride, itaconic acid and propenoic acid | 1802295-96-0 | Paper and paperboard | 1.5 (calculated as the dry weight of final paper products) | ND (acrylamide, DL=0.01mg/kg); 6 (calculated as acrylic acid) | Food-contact paper and paperboard containing this ingredient cannot contact infant formula food and breast milk. |
| Polycyclooctene | 25267-51-0 | Plastics: EVOH | 8 | 0.05 (cyclooctene) | It is used in non-food-contact layer in FCM after blending with EVOH copolymer, and it should not be thicker than 100 µm. The multilayer material containing this substance cannot contact infant formula food and breast milk, and its maximum usage temperature is 100℃. |
6 new resins
| Name | CAS No. | Scope | Maximum usage level/% | SML/ (mg/kg) | Notes |
| Formaldehyde，phenol and p-tert-butylphenol polymer with n-butanol | 947534-60-3 | Paints and coating | 9.5 | 0.05 (P-tert-butylphenol); 15 (calculated as formaldehyde) 3.0 (free phenol, calculated as phenol) | / |
| Formaldehyde, reaction products with Bu alcohol and phenol | 96446-41-2 | Paints and coating | 10.8 | 15 (alculated as formaldehyde) 3.0 (free phenol, calculated as phenol) | The maximum usage temperature for food-contact paints and coating produced from this substance is 121℃ |
| 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-butanediol, propane-1,2-diol and hexanedioic acid | 95505-95-6 | Paints and coating | 60 | 5 (calculated as isophthalic acid); 7.5 (calculated as terephthalic acid) 5 (calculated as 1,4-Butanediol) | The food-contact paints and coating produced from this substance cannot contact food whose alcohol content exceeds 20%. The maximum usage temperature is 121℃ |
| 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, decanedioic acid, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol and 1,2-ethanediol | 26353-05-9 | Paints and coating | 85 | 7.5 (calculated as terephthalic acid) 5 (calculated as isophthalic acid); 30 (calculated as ethylene glycol); 0.05 (calculated as 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol) | The maximum usage temperature is 127℃ The 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol content should be no more than 30% (calculated as mass fraction) |
| 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol and 1,2-ethanediol | 61960-52-9 | Paints and coating | 35 (calculated as film dry weight) | 7.5 (calculated as terephthalic acid) 5 (calculated as isophthalic acid); 30 (calculated as ethylene glycol) 0.05 (calculated as 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol) | The maximum usage temperature is 130℃ The 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol content should be no more than 30% (calculated as mass fraction) |
| 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with decanedioic acid, 1,4-dimethyl-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol and 1,2-ethanediol | 61412-73-5 | Paints and coating | 85 | 5 (calculated as isophthalic acid); 7.5 (calculated as terephthalic acid) 30 (calculated as ethylene glycol) 0.05 (calculated as 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol) | The maximum usage temperature is 127℃. The 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol content should be no more than 30% (calculated as mass fraction) |
1 additive with enlarged scope
| Name | Microcrystalline wax and hydrocarbon wax |
| CAS No. | 63231-60-7 |
| Scope | Plastics: PS |
| Maximum usage level | 0.5% |
| Notes | Food contact plastic materials and articles containing this ingredient could not contact food whose alcoholic content exceeds 50%. Could only be used under room temperature for filling and long-term storage The average molecular weight should be no less than 500 Dw The viscosity should be no fewer than 11mm2/s under 100℃ The content of mineral hydrocarbon whose carbon number is less than 25 should not exceed 5% (calculated by mass fraction). |
