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FCM and Articles Regulation, Annex I - Authorised Substances

EU. Union List of Authorized Substances: Annex I, Plastics Food Contact Regulation 10/2011/EU, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1627, OJ L 201, 11 August 2023

This list contains the Union list of authorised monomers, other starting substances, macromolecules obtained from microbial fermentation, additives and polymer production aids. It is taken from Annex I of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

Last updated 28 March 2024. Database contains 1080 unique substances/entries.
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1043
yes
no
Only to be used as particles in non-plasticised PVC up to 10 % w/w in contact with all food types at room temperature or below including long- term storage.
When used together with the substance with FCM No 859 and/or the substance with FCM No 998, the restriction of 10 % w/w applies to the sum of those substances.
The diameter of particles shall be > 20 nm, and for at least 95 % by number it shall be > 40 nm.
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859
yes
no
Only to be used as particles in non-plasticised PVC up to 10 % w/w in contact with all food types at room temperature or below including long- term storage.
When used together with the substance with FCM No 998 and/or the substance with FCM No 1043, the restriction of 10 % w/w applies to the sum of those substances.
The diameter of particles shall be > 20 nm, and for at least 95 % by number it shall be > 40 nm.
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998
yes
no
Only to be used as particles in non-plasticised PVC up to 10 % w/w in contact with all food types at room temperature or below including long- term storage.
When used together with the substance with FCM No 859 and/or the substance with FCM No 1043, the restriction of 10 % w/w applies to the sum of those substances.
The diameter of particles shall be > 20 nm, and for at least 95 % by number it shall be > 40 nm.
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40560
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no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 12 % at room temperature or below.
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40620
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no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 7 %.
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40471-03-2
867
40815
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 2 %.
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1016
yes
no
Only to be used up to: (a) 10 % w/w in non-plasticised PVC; (b) 15 % w/w in non-plasticised PLA.
The final material shall be used at room temperature or below.
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37953-21-2
857
66765
yes
no
Only to be used in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at a maximum level of 2 % at room temperature or below.
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979
79987
yes
no
Only to be used in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at a maximum level of 5 % w/w.
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23985-75-3
1066
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
Only to be used as a co-monomer in the manufacture of a polyester non-food contact layer in a plastic multilayer material, which is to be used only in contact with foods for which food simulants A, B, C and/or D1 are assigned in Table 2 of Annex III.
The specific migration limit in column 8 refers to the sum of the substance and of its dimers (cyclic and open chain).
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227099-60-7
781
95265
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
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78301-43-6
742
92700
yes
yes
5 mg/kg
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1547-26-8
1063
no
no
Only to be used together with tetrafluoroethylene and/or ethylene co-monomers to manufacture fluorocopolymers for application as polymer processing aid at up to 0,2 % w/w of the food contact material, and when the low-molecular mass fraction below 1 500 Da in the fluorocopolymer does not exceed 30 mg/kg.
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3293-97-8
464
61280
yes
yes
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37486-69-4
903
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no
Only to be used as a polymer production aid in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers intended for: (a) repeated and single use materials and articles when sintered or processed (non-sintered) at temperatures at or above 360 °C for at least 10 minutes or at higher temperatures for equivalent shorter times; (b) repeated use materials and articles when processed (non-sintered) at temperatures from 300 °C and up to 360 °C for at least 10 minutes.
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203255-81-6
792
92475
yes
yes
5 mg/kg
SML expressed as the sum of phosphite and phosphate form of the substance and the hydrolysis products.
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958445-44-8
896
71958
yes
no
Only to be used in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers when: (1.) processed at temperatures higher than 280 °C for at least 10 minutes, (2.) processed at temperatures higher than 190 °C up to 30 % w/w for use in blends with polyoxymethylene polymers and intended for repeated use articles.
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46700
yes
no
5 mg/kg
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823
24889
no
no
5 mg/kg
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48960
yes
no
5 mg/kg
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7
30370
yes
no
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30401
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no
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11
30960
yes
no
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30610
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no
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801
30607
yes
no
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10
30612
yes
no
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879
31336
yes
no
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878
31335
yes
no
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880
31348
yes
no
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31328
yes
no
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174254-23-0
777
31542
yes
no
0,5 % in final product.
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266309-43-7
2
12340
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no
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266309-43-7
1
12310
no
no
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12375
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no
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13
33120
yes
no
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34230
yes
no
6 mg/kg
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17
34281
yes
no
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15
34130
yes
yes
30 mg/kg
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752
39890
yes
no
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662
25927
no
no
0.005 mg/kg
Only to be used in polycarbonates.
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23740
81840
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no
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23770
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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14876
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no
5 mg/kg
Only to be used for manufacture of polyesters.
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15404
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no
5 mg/kg
Only to be used as: (a) a co-monomer in poly (ethylene-co-isosorbide terephthalate); (b) a co-monomer at levels of up to 40 mole % of the diol component in combination with ethylene glycol and/or 1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane, for the production of polyesters. Polyesters made using dianhydrosorbitol together with 1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane shall not be used in contact with foods containing more than 15 % alcohol.
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18700
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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13840
no
no
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267
15100
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no
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681
18310
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no
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331
22480
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no
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265
22600
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no
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22870
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no
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23800
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no
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443
12788
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no
5 mg/kg
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369
12761
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no
0.05 mg/kg
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214
61840
yes
no
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285
66480
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yes
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66580
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yes
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472
66560
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yes
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25187
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no
5 mg/kg
Only for: (a) repeated use articles for long term storage at room temperature or below and hotfill; (b) single use materials and articles as a co-monomer at a maximum use level of 35 mole % of the diol component of polyesters, and if such materials and articles are for long term storage at room temperature or below of food types which have an alcohol content of up to 10 % and for which Table 2 of Annex III does not assign simulant D2. Hot fill conditions are allowed for such single use materials and articles.
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13395
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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882
25872
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no
0.05 mg/kg
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758
38940
yes
yes
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756
40020
yes
yes
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765
49485
yes
yes
1 mg/kg
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477
46720
yes
yes
4.8 mg/kg
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315
46640
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no
3 mg/kg
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352
16360
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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389
22360
no
no
5 mg/kg
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770
51700
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
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10660
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no
0.05 mg/kg
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35170
12763
yes
no
0.05 mg/kg
Not to be used for articles in contact with fatty foods for which simulant D1 and/or D2 is laid down.
For indirect food contact only, behind a PET layer.
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17050
no
no
30 mg/kg
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81882
23830
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no
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13932
no
no
0.01 mg/kg
Only to be used as a co-monomer for the preparation of polymeric additive.
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92800
yes
yes
0.48 mg/kg
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14841
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no
0.05 mg/kg
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14020
no
no
0.05 mg/kg
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10030
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no
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30000
10090
yes
no
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147
10690
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no
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31730
12130
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no
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566
33350
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no
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345
35840
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no
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518
35845
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no
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101
36000
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no
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12820
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no
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37040
yes
no
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37600
13090
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no
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13150
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no
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766
38879
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no
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743
38950
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808
38550
yes
no
5 mg/kg
SML including the sum of its hydrolysis products.
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752
39890
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no
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40320
13620
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no
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14140
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14320
41960
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44160
14680
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45600
14800
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752
39890
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13326
15760
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