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China NHFPC Releases GB 9685-2016 Standard for Uses of Additives in Food Contact Materials

On November 18th, 2016, China NHFPC announced the release of the final version of "GB 9685-2016 Standard for uses of additives in food contact materials and their products" and 52 other national food safety standards.

GB 9685-2016 will be implemented on Oct 19th 2017. There are 1294 additives listed in GB 9685-2016. 22 additives were deleted from the original draft standard. An additional 9 product standards (GB 4806.3-GB 4806.11)were released and one general safety requirement(GB 4806.1)which details the materials and product requirements of enamel, ceramic, glass, plastics(resin), paper and paperboard, metal, painting and coating, rubber etc.. In addition 39 test standards for specific substances(GB 31604.11-GB 31604.49)were released.

The standard names and codes are shown below:

Number Name
GB 9685-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Standard for uses of additives in food contact materials and their products
GB 5009.156-2016 National Food Safety Standard : General rules of the pre-treatment method of the migration test for food contact materials and products
GB 14934-2016 National Food Safety Standard: Disinfectant tableware
GB 4789.15-2016 National Food Safety Standard: Microbiological detection and quantitative assessment of mould and yeast
GB 4806.1-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  General safety requirements for food contact materials and products
GB 4806.3-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Enamel products
GB 4806.4-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Ceramic products
GB 4806.5-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Glass products
GB 4806.6-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Resins in plastic food contact materials
GB 4806.7-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Plastic food contact  materials and products
GB 4806.8-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Paper, paperboard food contact  materials and products
GB 4806.9-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Metal food contact  materials and products
GB 4806.10-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Painting and coating in food contact  materials and products
GB 4806.11-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Rubber food contact materials and products
GB 31604.11-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)benzene
GB 31604.12-2016 National Food Safety Standard: Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for 1,3-butadiene
GB 31604.13-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for 11-aminoundecanoic acid
GB 31604.14-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for  1-octene and tetrahydrofuran
GB 31604.15-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for melamine
GB 31604.16-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement for styrene and ethylenzene
GB 31604.17-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for acrylonitrile
GB 31604.18-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for acrylamide
GB 31604.19-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for 2-oxohexamethylenimine
GB 31604.20-2016 National Food Safety Standard  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for vinyl acetate
GB 31604.21-2016 National Food Safety Standard  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for terephthalic acid
GB 31604.22-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement for dichlorodifluoromethane in expanded polystyrene products
GB 31604.23-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement for 2,3-diaminotoluene in compound food contact material
GB 31604.24-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for cadmium
GB 31604.25-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for chromium
GB 31604.26-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for epichlorohydrin
GB 31604.27-2016 National Food Safety Standard: Food contact materials and products  Measurement for ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in plastic
GB 31604.28-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
GB 31604.29-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for methyl methacrylate
GB 31604.30-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for phthalates
GB 31604.31-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for vinyl chloride
GB 31604.32-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement for sulfur dioxide in wood materials
GB 31604.33-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for nickel
GB 31604.34-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for lead
GB 31604.35-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement for heptadecafluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
GB 31604.36-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement for creosote in cork
GB 31604.37-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement for triethylamine and tributylamine
GB 31604.38-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for arsenic
GB 31604.39-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products  Measurement for 2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl in paper food contact materials
GB 31604.40-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for maleic acid and maleic anhydride
GB 31604.41-2016 National Food Safety Standard: Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for antimony
GB 31604.42-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for zinc
GB 31604.43-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for ethylenediamine and 1,6-hexanediamine
GB 31604.44-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol
GB 31604.45-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for isocyanic acid

GB 31604.46-2016

National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement and volume of migration test for free phenol
GB 31604.47-2016 National Food Safety Standard : Food contact materials and products  Measurement for fluorescent brightener in paper, paperboard and their products
GB 31604.48-2016 National Food Safety Standard: Food contact materials and products  Volume of migration test for formaldehyde
GB 31604.49-2016 National Food Safety Standard:  Food contact materials and products Measurement for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead and volume of migration test for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, lead,  antimony ,zinc


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