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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to a 13th list of substances for food contact materials

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2006.418
  EFSA Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Foods (AFC) Panel Members Fernando Aguilar, Herman Autrup, Sue Barlow, Laurence Castle, Riccardo Crebelli, Wolfgang Dekant, Karl-Heinz Engel, Nathalie Gontard, David Gott, Sandro Grilli, Rainer Gürtler, John Christian Larsen, Jean-Charles Leblanc, Catherine Leclercq, François Xavier Malcata, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, Iona Pratt, Ivonne Rietjens, Paul Tobback, Fidel Toldrá. Acknowledgment The Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food wishes to thank Mona-Lise Binderup, Jean-Claude Lhuguenot, Karla Pfaff, Tjoena Siere, Alida Stolker and Detlef Wölfle for their contribution to the draft opinion.
Type: Opinion of the Scientific Committee/Scientific Panel Question number: EFSA-Q-2004-056 , EFSA-Q-2004-057 , EFSA-Q-2005-111 , EFSA-Q-2005-228 , EFSA-Q-2005-229 , EFSA-Q-2006-022 , EFSA-Q-2006-058 , EFSA-Q-2006-074 , EFSA-Q-2006-075 , EFSA-Q-2006-138 Adopted: 29 October 2006 Published: 11 December 2006 Last updated: 02 February 2007. This version replaces the previous one/s.
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Summary

Within the general task of evaluating substances intended for use in materials in contact with food according to the Regulation (EC) No.1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, the AFC Panel evaluated the following substances:

 
Ref. No.:
19180

Name of the substance:

Isophthalic acid dichloride
CAS number:
99-63-8

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:

5 mg/kg food (expressed as isophthalic acid)
 
 
Ref. No.:
26305

Name of the substance:

Vinyltriethoxysilane
CAS number:
78-08-0

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:

0.05 mg/kg of food

Only to be used as a surface treatment agent
 
 
Ref. No.:
48960

Name of the substance:

9,10-dihydroxy stearic acid  and  its oligomers
CAS number:
 

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:
5 mg/kg food
 
 
Ref. No.:
53670

Name of the substance:

Ethylene glycol bis[3,3-bis(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)butyrate]
CAS number:
32509-66-3

Classified in list:
2
Restriction:
TDI = 0.1 mg/kg bw
 
 
Ref. No.:
60025

Name of the substance:

Hydrogenated homopolymers and/or copolymers made of 1-decene and/or 1-dodecene and/or 1-octene
CAS number:
-

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:
None
 
 
Ref. No.:
72081/10

Name of the substance:

Petroleum Hydrocarbon Resins (hydrogenated)
CAS number:
-

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:
None
 
 

Ref. No.:
77732

Name of the substance:

Polyethylene glycol (EO=1-30, typically 5) ether of butyl 2-cyano 3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) acrylate

CAS number:
-

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:

0.05 mg/kg of food

Only for the requested use in PET
 
 

Ref. No.:
77733

Name of the substance:

Polyethyleneglycol (EO=1-30, typically 5) ether of butyl-2-cyano-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acrylate

CAS number:
-

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:

0.05 mg/kg food.

Only for the requested use in PET
 
 

Ref. No.:
79985

Name of the substance:

Poly(ethylene propylene)glycol tridecyl ether

CAS number:

61725-89-1 and  65150-81-4

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:

0.05 mg/kg food

To be used only in PTFE items sintered at high temperatures
 
 

Ref. No.:
95858

Name of the substance:

Waxes, paraffinic, refined, derived from petroleum based or synthetic hydrocarbon feedstocks

CAS number:
-

Classified in list:
3
Restriction:

0.05 mg/food

Not to be used for articles in contact with fatty foods.

 

Keywords

Food Contact Materials, Plastics, Monomers, Additives, REF. No 19180, CAS No 99-63-8, Isophthalic acid dichloride, REF. No 26305, CAS No 78-08-0, Vinyltriethoxysilane, REF. No 48960, 9,10-dihydroxy stearic acid and its oligomers, REF. No 53670, CAS No. 32509-66-3, Ethylene glycol bis[3,3-bis(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)butyrate], REF. No 60025, Hydrogenated homopolymers and/or copolymers made of 1-decene and/or 1-dodecene and/or 1-octene, REF. No 72081/10, Petroleum Hydrocarbon Resins (hydrogenated), REF. No 77732, Polyethylene glycol (EO=1-30, typically 5) ether of butyl 2-cyano 3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) acrylate, REF. No 77733, Polyethyleneglycol (EO=1-30, typically 5) ether of butyl-2-cyano-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acrylate, REF. No 79985, CAS No 61725-89-1 and 65150-81-4, Poly(ethylene propylene)glycol tridecyl ether, REF. No 95858, Waxes, paraffinic, refined, derived from petroleum based or synthetic hydrocarbon feedstocks.

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