exemption letter or needed to demonstrate cleared by a Food safety. Contact Notification or a food additive For the majority of food regulation. contact materials (eg paper and board, printing inks, coatings, rubber, colourants, wood and cork) there are no specific EU measures in place Requirements for No specific No specific If the recycled product Rules to ensure the recycled materials. regulations for regulations for meets the safety of recycled recycled materials. recycled materials. specifications for the plastics in food contact virgin material, the packaging. Article 3 of recycler is not the regulation requires required to get FDA that recycled plastic approval prior to materials and articles marketing the should only be placed recycled material for on the market if they food contact use. contain recycled plastic Formal guidance for from an authorised recycled plastics and recycling process. opinion letters are issued by the FDA.
exemption letter or cleared by a Food Contact Notification or a food additive regulation. needed to demonstrate safety. For the majority of food contact materials (eg paper and board, printing inks, coatings, rubber, colourants, wood and cork) there are no specific EU measures in place Requirements for recycled materials. No specific regulations for recycled materials. No specific regulations for recycled materials. If the recycled product meets the specifications for the virgin material, the recycler is not required to get FDA approval prior to marketing the recycled material for food contact use. Formal guidance for recycled plastics and opinion letters are issued by the FDA. Rules to ensure the safety of recycled plastics in food contact packaging. Article 3 of the regulation requires that recycled plastic materials and articles should only be placed on the market if they contain recycled plastic from an authorised recycling process.