Is there a new French Positive List for colorants approved for use in plastics that come into contact with food?

We manufacture several organic compounds that are blended with pigments to make colorants for use in food packaging. Are our products affected by...

The Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) has proposed that companies that are otherwise required to register the content of chemical products to KEMI’s Products Register, must also be required to include information on intentionally added nanomaterials to those products.  Food and animal feed, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics are among the product categories exempt from the reporting requirements in the Products Register, however, and would therefore be exempt from a nanomaterials reporting requirement, if enacted.

A recently released report on the European Union's (EU) Single Market Policy identified the food sector as one of five sectors where problems with the correct application of mutual recognition exist. The report, Evaluation of the Application of the mutual recognition principle in the field of goods, is based on an evaluation, carried between June 2014 and May 2015, to identify shortcomings with the principle of mutual recognition.

Switzerland notified to the European Commission (EC) a draft Ordinance on foodstuffs and commodities (notification 2015/9505/CH) on October 5, 2015, and a draft Ordinance on materials and articles intended for contact with foodstuffs (notification 2015/9507/CH) on October 12, 2015.

The Draft Ordinance on foodstuffs and commodities

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF) has planned six meeting in 2016 to discuss work in progress and to adopt scientific opinions. The 2016 meetings will be held on the following dates: