The European Commission has proposed Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

In the regulations on plastic food contact materials and articles, plastic materials and articles can only be placed on the market if they comply with Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 if they fall within the scope of that Regulation.

The substances employed in the production of plastic materials and objects, including those made from recycled materials, must possess a significant level of purity and meet the necessary technical standards to ensure their suitability for the intended and anticipated purposes of the materials or objects. Plastic materials and articles can contain reprocessed plastic if such reprocessed plastic meets some certain conditions.

The manufacturer or other operator shall provide information about its maximum life span to the users by means of labelling or instructions. Plastic materials and articles intended to be brought into contact with food but are not yet in contact with food shall be labelled with instructions of use about the restrictions of the substances used for manufactured. The minimum font size shall be 3 mm.

The special and overall migration limits apply to multi-material multi-layer material and article when the surface layer that is in contact with food. Annexes III to V are also amended.

In the Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006, the detailed rules on good manufacturing practice mentioned in Annex is amended. The requirements relating to recycled plastic is added.