China releases 9 standards for food contact materials and articles
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On 14 Sept. 2016, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) released Notification No. 11 of Year 2016 to release 243 national standards of food safety and 2 revision lists of standards, covering food additives, microbiological indexes and radioactive materials. There are 9 of them targeting at food contact material/articles.

The details for the food contact materials/articles standards are as below:

Standard No.

Standard Title

Date of Publication

Date of Applicability

GB 31604.2-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Potassium Permanganate Consumption

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.3-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Weight Loss on Drying of Resins

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.4-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Volatiles in Resins

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.5-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Resin Extracts

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.6-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Ignition Residues in Resins

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.7-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Decolour Test

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.8-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Overall Migration

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.9-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Heavy Elements in Food Simulants

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

GB 31604.10-2016

Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—Determination of Migration of Bisphenol A (BPA)

31/08/2016

01/03/2017

The above standards will be applicable on 1 Mar. 2017. C&K Testing advises businesses to deal with due care.


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