(Brazil) Technical Regulations for Plastic Packaging and Equipment in Contact with Food

This regulation sets forth requirements for plastic packaging and equipment in contact with food in Brazil. It covers general provisions, classification of food and simulants, lists of polymers and resins for plastic packaging and equipment in contact with food, lists of plastic material additives for manufacturing packaging and equipment in contact with food, dyes and pigments in plastic packaging and equipment, total migration of plastic packaging and equipment in contact with food, determination of aromatic amines in colorants used in plastic materials in contact with food, determination of residual vinyl chloride monomer, determination of residual styrene monomer, specific migration of monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, etc. These regulations apply to packaging and equipment that are solely made of plastic, composed of two or more layers with each layer entirely made of plastic, or composed of two or more layers where one or more layers may not be entirely made of plastic but the layer in direct contact with food must be plastic.