Global Food Contact Materials Regulations

This module will look at Mercosur regulations that directly impact FCMs and food contact articles, known as Resolutions. Before taking an in-depth look at the regulations, the webinar will look at how Mercosur (Grupo Mercado Común del Sur (GMC)), under GMC Resolution 03/92, defines FCMs. 

Followed by an overview of all regulations affecting FCMs. Topics to be discussed include the most recent amendment to the Mercosur Resolution 39/19, including the positive list of additives allowed to be used in plastic materials and polymeric coatings for food contact. 

Planned amendments/public open consultations for updating the GMC Resolution 02/12 (positive list of monomers and starting substances for food contact plastic), GMC Resolution 56/92 (general safety requirements for food contact plastics) and GMC Resolution 46/06 (food contact metals) will also be discussed. 

The implementation process of the GMC Resolutions at national level (member states of Mercosur) will also be clarified.  

During this webinar, you will learn:

• which regulations apply to the FCMs you are interested in, including plastics, cellulosic-based FCMs, regenerated cellulose FCMs, elastomeric FCMs, metallic FCMs, etc; 
• which substances have already been cleared in the current Mercosur Resolutions;
• what are the steps for a new FCM substance petition to ANVISA (Brazil) or CONAL (Argentina);
• which migration testing conditions are to be applied, with case study examples;
• how to carry out a worst-case calculation (WCC) in cases of missing experimental or theoretical (modelling) migration data;
• what the specifications are for certain key-listed FCM substances with respect to their specific migration limit (SML), as well as the overall migration limit (OML);
• what the key steps are when considering the risk assessment of FCM substances migrating into food from an FCM or food contact article; and
• how to demonstrate compliance with food contact applications.
• Introduction of regulations concerning FCM. 

Ioan Paraschiv, PhD

Group Leader, Global Food & Food Contact Materials (FFCM) Division, Knoell, Netherlands