China NHFPC Released GB 9685-2016 and other Food Contact Material Standards - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) released 53 Food safety national standards including 52 standards on food contact materials and articles (herein called FCM) on 18 November 2016.

In the new regulatory framework of FCM in China, these 52 standards as regards FCM can be divided into 3 categories, followings are the details:

Standard No.	Standard Name	Superseded Standard
2 General standards
GB 4806.1-2016	National Food Safety Standard- General safety requirements of food contact materials and articles	-
GB 9685-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Standard for the use of additives for food contact materials and articles	GB 9685-2008
10 Product standards
GB 4806.3-2016	National Food Safety Standard-Enamel articles	GB 4804-1984
GB 4806.4-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Ceramic articles	GB 13121-1991 GB 14147-1993 GB 8058-2003 GB 12651-2003
GB 4806.5-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Glass articles	GB 19778-2005
GB 4806.6-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Food contact plastic resins	GB 4803-1994 GB 9691-1988 GB 9692-1988 GB 9693-1988 GB 13114-1991 GB 13115-1991 GB 13116-1991 GB 15204-1994 GB 16331-1996 “107 resins that can be used in FCM”
GB 4806.7-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Food contact plastic materials and articles	GB 9681-1988 GB 9687-1988 GB 9688-1988 GB 9689-1988 GB 9690-2009 GB 13113-1991 GB 13115-1991 GB 14942-1994 GB 14944-1994 GB 16332-1996 GB 17326-1998 GB 17327-1998
GB 4806.8-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Food contact paper, paperboard and paper articles	GB 11680-1989 GB 19305-2003
GB 4806.9-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Food contact metal materials and articles	GB 9684-2011 GB 11333-1989
GB 4806.10-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Food contact coatings	GB 4805-1994 GB 7105-1986 GB 9680-1988 GB 9682-1988 GB 9686-2012 GB 11676-2012 GB 11677-2012 GB 11678-1989 “107 resins that can be used in FCM”
GB 4806.11-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Food contact rubber materials and articles	GB 4806.1-1994 “107 resins that can be used in FCM”
GB 14934-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Disinfection tableware	GB 14934-1994
40Testing standards
GB 5009.156-2016	National Food Safety Standard -General rules of the migration test pretreatment methods of food contact materials and articles	GB/T 5009.156-2003
GB 31604.11-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of 1,3 - xylylenediamine	GB/T 23296.25-2009 SN/T 2550-2010
GB 31604.12-2016	National Food Safety Standard – Determination of and migration of 1,3-butadiene	GB/T 23296.2-2009 GB/T 23296.3-2009
GB 31604.13-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Migration of 11-aminoundecanoic acid	GB/T 23296.12-2009
GB 31604.14-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of 1 –octene and tetrahydrofuran	GB/T 23296.4-2009
GB 31604.15-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of melamine	GB/T 23296.15-2009
GB 31604.16-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Determination of styrene and ethylbenzene	GB/T 5009.98-2003
GB 31604.17-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Determination and migration of acrylonitrile	GB/T 5009.152-2003 GB/T 23296.8-2009 SN/T 2197-2008
GB 31604.18-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of acrylamide	GB/T 23296.9-2009
GB 31604.19-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Determination and migration of caprolactam	GB/T 5009.125-2003 GB/T 23296.2-2009 SN/T 2283-2009
GB 31604.20-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of vinyl acetate	SN/T 2333-2009
GB 31604.21-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of terephthalic acid	GB/T 23296.10-2009 SN/T 2184-2008
GB 31604.22-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Determination of dichlorodifluoromethane in expanded polystyrene molding products	GB/T 5009.100-2003
GB 31604.23-2016	National Food Safety Standard-Determination of diaminotoluene in composite food contact materials	GB/T 5009.119-2003
GB 31604.24-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Migration of cadmium	GB/T 5009.62-2003 GB/T 5009.63-2003 GB/T 5009.72-2003 GB/T 5009.81-2003 GB/T 3534-2002 GB 8058-2003 GB/T 21170-2007 SN/T 2597-2010 SN/T 2829-2011 SN/T 2886-2011
GB 31604.25-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Migration of chromium	GB/T 5009.80-2003 GB/T 5009.91-2003 SN/T 2597-2010 SN/T 2829-2011
GB 31604.26-2016	National Food Safety Standard-Determination and migration of epoxy chloropropane	GB/T 23296.7-2009 SN/T 2829-2011
GB 31604.27-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in plastics	GB/T 23296.11-2009
GB 31604.28-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination and migration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA)	GB/T 20499-2006 GB/T 20500-2006 SN/T 2826-2011
GB 31604.29-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Migration of methyl methacrylate	SN/T 2894-2011
GB 31604.30-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination and migration of phthalic acid ester	GB/T 21928-2008 SN/T 2037-2007
GB 31604.31-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination and migration of chloroethylene	GB/T 5009.122-2003 GB/T 5009.67-2003 GB/T 5009.68-2003 GB/T 23296.14-2009 GB/T 23296.13-2009 SN/T 2898-2011
GB 31604.32-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of sulfur dioxide in wooden materials	SN/T 2827-2011
GB 31604.33-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Migration of nickel	GB/T 5009.81-2003 SN/T 2829-2011
GB 31604.34-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of lead and migration of lead	GB/T 5009.62-2003 GB/T 5009.63-2003 GB/T 5009.72-2003 GB/T 5009.78-2003 GB/T 5009.81-2003 GB/T 3534-2002 GB 8058-2003 GB/T 21170-2007 SN/T 2597-2010 SN/T 2829-2011 SN/T 2886-2011 SN/T 2594-2011
GB 31604.35-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	GB/T 23243-2009
GB 31604.36-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of kreosote in corks	SN/T 2828-2011
GB 31604.37-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of triethylamine and tributylamine	SN/T 2890-2011
GB 31604.38-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination and migration of arsenic	GB/T 5009.68-2003 GB/T 5009.72-2003 GB/T 5009.78-2003 GB/T 5009.81-2003 SN/T 2900-2011 SN/T 2594-2010 SN/T 2597-2010 SN/T 2829-2011
GB 31604.39-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Determination of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) in food contact paper	SN/T 2200-2008
GB 31604.40-2016	National Food Safety Standard- Migration of maleic acid and its anhydride	GB/T 23296.21-2009
GB 31604.41-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of antimony	GB/T 5009.101-2003 GB/T 5009.63-2003 SN/T 2597-2010 SN/T 2829-2011
GB 31604.42-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of zinc	GB/T 5009.72-2003 GB/T 5009.64-2003 GB/T 5009.65-2003 GB/T 5009.66-2003 GB/T 5009.79-2003 SN/T 2829-2011
GB 31604.43-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of ethylenediamine and hexamethylenediamine	GB/T 23296.17-2009
GB 31604.44-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol	GB/T 23296.18-2009
GB 31604.45-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Determination of isocyanate	GB/T 23296.22-2009 SN/T 2741-2010
GB 31604.46-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Determination and migration of free phenol	GB/T 5009.69-2008 GB/T 5009.99-2003
GB 31604.47-2016	National Food Safety Standard -Determination of fluorescent brightener in paper, cardboard and paper articles	GB/T 5009.78-2003 SN/T 2901-2011
GB 31604.48-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Migration of formaldehyde	GB/T 5009.178-2003 GB/T 5009.61-2003 GB/T 5009.69-2008 GB/T 23296.26-2009
GB 31604.49-2016	National Food Safety Standard - Determination and migration of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, lead, antimony and zinc	SN/T 2829-2011 SN/T 2597-2010 SN/T 2594-2010

In addition, it shall be noticed that the two general standards “GB 4806.1-2016” and “GB 9685-2016” will come into force on 19 October, 2017. Meanwhile, all other FCM standard will be implemented on 19 April, 2017.

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Reference

http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn/sps/s7891/201611/06ed87a09dad4cf6aee48cd89efbef35.shtml

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