New additions to the China-National Food Safety Standard-Silicone Rubber Materials and Articles for Food Contact (GB 4806.16-2025)

New additions to the China-National Food Safety Standard-Inks for Use in Food Contact Materials and Articles (GB 4806.14-2023)

New additions to the China-National Food Safety Standard-Food Contact Composite Materials and Articles (GB 4806.13-2023)

New additions to the China-National Food Safety Standard-Food contact bamboo materials and articles (GB 4806.12-2022)

New additions to the China-National Food Safety Standard-Metal materials and products for food contact (GB 4806.9-2023)

New additions to the China-National Food Safety Standard-Food Contact Paper and Board Materials and Their Products (GB 4806.8-2022)

Recently, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published an amendment to the “Positive List of Basic Materials for Food-Contact Articles” (TABLE 1) on its official website, introducing three key changes to Appendix 16 “Polymers whose principal monomer is acrylic acid”:
1.The use of C18 alkyl acrylate as a co-monomer is prohibited.
2.Dicyclopentanyl methacrylate has been added as an essential monomer, permitted only in copolymer systems where acrylic acid accounts for ≥ 50 % of the total monomers.
3.All previous restrictions on the ultraviolet absorber 2-[3-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-hydroxyphenyl]ethyl methacrylate have been removed.

Update to the Japan-Positive List of Food Contact Materials - Polymer composed of acrylic acids as the main monomer

On November 27, 2025, the Department of Food Safety Standard and Risk Assessment of the National Health Commission of China issued an announcement on 14 “three-new foods”, including 3 new food raw materials such as Mycoprotein from Fusarium venenatum, 8 new varieties of food additives such as branching enzyme, and 3 new varieties of food-related products such as C.I. Pigment White 21 (barium sulfate).

Three of these food contact materials have now been included in the list of the "China-National Food Safety Standard for Use of Additives for Food Contact Materials and Products (GB 9685-2016)."

Update to the China-National Food Safety Standard for Use of Additives for Food Contact Materials and Products (GB 9685-2016) - 3 New Substances Added

On September 25, 2025, the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation released Announcement No. 6 of 2025, officially issuing the revised National Food Safety Standard "Coatings and Coated Materials for Food Contact Materials and Articles" (GB 4806.10-2025). The standard will come into full force on September 2, 2026, signaling China's entry into a new era of "full-chain, full-coverage" oversight for food-contact coatings.

Compared with the 2016 edition, the new standard for the first time brings paper-based coatings and coatings that only indirectly contact food under regulatory control, and expands the positive list of basic raw materials from 105 to 346 substances.

China-National Food Safety Standard: Paints and Coatings for Food Contact Materials and Articles (GB 4806.10-2025) is available

Update to the U.S. Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance (FCS) Notifications - 8 New Substances Added

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