Note for Guidance For the Preparation of an Application for the Safety Assessment of a Substance to be used in Plastic Food Contact Materials

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2008.21r
Keywords
food contact materials, plastics, safe ty assessment
Question Number
EFSA-Q-2006-00327
Panels
Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids
Panel members at the time of adoption
Claudia Bolognesi, Laurence Castle, Jean-Pierre Cravedi, Karl-Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Roland Franz, Konrad Grob, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Sirpa Kärenlampi, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, André Penninks, Maria de Fátima Tavares Poças, Vittorio Silano, Andrew Smith, Christina Tlustos, Detlef Wölfle, Holger Zorn and Corina-Aurelia Zugravu.

Note: The previous version of the document was adopted by the former EFSA AFC Panel (Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food) on 31 July 2008. For transparency reason, it is still accessible, watermarked as ‘obsolete’, under the ‘Supporting information’ tab on Wiley Online Library. The current version of the document was endorsed by the EFSA CEF Panel (Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids) on 23 March 2017. The following sections of the document have been updated: (i) Chapters 0, I, II, IV of the version adopted on 31 July 2008 have been removed; (ii) Chapter III of the version adopted on 31 July 2008 have been amended, as detailed in the introduction to the Note for Guidance, i.e. ‘Note for the reader’; (iii) Annexes 3, 5 and 6 of Chapter III of the version adopted on 31 July 2008 have been removed.

This Guidance is applicable for applications submitted as of 27 March 2021

Amended: 16 March 2021

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