Plastics in food contact - EU Member States

In connection with the establishment of the single European market in the EU, there was a need to create uniform assessment criteria for plastics intended for food contact applications. EU Directives were elaborated to this end.

The provisions of the EU Member States concerning plastics for food contact applications will remain highly complex and confusing for the time being.

The monomer units of plastics as well as a growing number of additives are regulated by _EU Directives and their implementations in national regulations, e. g. the Commodities Regulation in Germany.

In contrast, there are not yet any definitive EU regulations for all further components of plastics (further additives, polymerization aids, colorants, etc.). Consequently, these have to comply with the occasionally differing national provisions/positive lists, insofar as these are defined in detail. In Germany, additives, etc. thus still have to comply with the "BfR" (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, former BGA resp. BgVV -)- recommendations.

Kindly refer to this _linked list for the plastics recommended by us for food contact applications from the acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers polymer classes which comply with the recommendations of the BfR and the provisions of the EU.