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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a revised unreasonable risk determination that preliminarily concluded that polyethylene terephthalate (PET) manufacturing contributes to an overall unreasonable risk from 1,4-dioxane, with respect to occupational and drinking water exposures.
The 16th amendment to the Plastics Regulation, (EU) No 10/2011, was published on July 12, 2023, in the Official Journal of the European Union: Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1442 of 11 July 2023 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, as regards changes to substance authorisations and addition of new substances.
The Netherlands published a two-tiered rule that will soon impose a tax on disposable plastic cups and food packaging used for carryout and delivery consumption and eventually ban disposable plastic cups and food packaging for dine-in use.
The European Commission (EC) has published a draft implementing decision that outlines rules for calculating, verifying, and reporting on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution. This publication proposes voluntary actions aimed at eliminating the release of plastic waste from land-based sources by 2040 and focuses on actions to reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic waste.
On March 2, 2023, China National Health Commission (NHC) approved three new food-contact additives, expanded usage for four food-contact additives, three new resins, and expanded usage for one resin.
New Food-Contact Additives
New draft Tables 1 and 2 of the Japanese Positive List have been posted on Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) website.
On February 13, 2023, China National Health Commission (NHC) released a draft amendment[1] of GB 9685-2016 Standard for Uses of Additives in Food Contact Materials and Articles for public comments. Main revisions of GB 9685-2016 are within three annexes, including Annex A, B, and D, which are summarized as follows.
On January 5, 2023, the Thai Industrial Standards Institute notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of Draft Ministerial Regulations on microwavable food plastic bags for reheating and on plastic bags for foods.