On 1st March, 2022, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) approved nineteen new food contact substances (No. 1 of 2022), including 1 new food contact material and article, 6 new food contact additives, 9 food contact additives with expanded scope, 2 new food contact resins and 1 new disinfectant raw material.
(1) New food contact material and article (1 type)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Silicon dioxide coatings made from the monomers hexamethyldisiloxane and hexamethyldisilazane | — | PET Coating | Appropriate level |
(2) New food contact additives (6 types)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
2-Propenoic acid, polymer with 2,5-furandione and 2-propenamide, sodium salt | 1630821-33-8 | Paper and paperboard | 0.041 (Count as the dry weight) |
1,3,5-Triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6 (1H,3H,5H)-trione | 1025-15-6 | Fluororubber | 4 |
C16~18-Fatty acids, esters with pentaerythritol | 85116-93-4 | Plastic: PBT | 1 |
Vitamin E (dl-α-Tocopherol acetate) | 7695-91-2 | Plastic: PE, PP | Appropriate level |
1-Decene, homopolymer, hydrogeneated | 68037-01-4 | Coating and coating film | 1 (Count as the coating formula) |
Hexanedioic acid, polymer with 1,2-propanediol | 25101-03-5 | Coating and coating film | 5 (Count as the coating formula) |
(3) Food contact additive with expanded scope (9 types)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Maltodextrin | 9050-36-6 | Adhesive | Appropriate level |
C.I. pigment blue 15 | 147-14-8 | Plastic: PLA | 0.7 |
C.I. pigment red 254 | 84632-65-5 | Plastic: PLA | 1.4 |
Carbon black | 1333-86-4 | Plastic: PLA | 1.5 |
C.I. pigment yellow 180 | 77804-81-0 | Plastic: PLA | 0.5 |
Hydroxyethyl cellulose | 9004-62-0 | Rubber | 1 |
2-Propenoic acid, polymer with ethenylbenzene | 25085-34-1 | Rubber | 30 |
2-Propenoic acid, polymer with sodium hypophosphite, sodium salt | 129898-01-7 | Paper and paperboard | Appropriate level |
Rosin, ester with glycerol | 8050-31-5 | Paper and paperboard | 0.25 |
(4) New food contact resins (2 types)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Copolymer of acrylic acid, styrene, acrylic acid ethyl ester, acrylic acid 2-ethylhexylester, methacrylic acid methyl ester | 25585-76-6 | Adhesive (Indirect contact with food) | Appropriate level |
Polymer of cyclohexanedimethanol-1,4, ethylene glycol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, isophthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate and trimellitic anhydride | 74239-60-4 | Coating and coating film | 30 (Count as the coating formula) |
(5) New disinfectant raw material (1 type)
Name | CAS number | Range of application | Maximum level (%) |
Peroxyoctanoic acid | 33734-57-5 |
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