Chemical Safety

Report from the Commission on Dietary Food Additive Intake in the European Union, 01 October 2001.

In order to explain specific aspects in the legislation on Food Contact Materials, the following documents are available on site Documents in the website Food Contact Materials:

• Addresses of European and National Authorities
• Summary of the national legislation - national legislation additional to existing EU legislation
• List of abbreviations and explanations - of terms used in various documents
• Questions and Answers - on EU legislations and procedures
• EU and National laws - list of the EU and national legislations
• EU Substances - substances listed in EU Directives
• Note for Guidance to prepare the applications for evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
• • National contact points for petitions – contact points to which petitions for the authorisation of substances to be used in food contact materials and petitions for authorisation of recycling processes to produce recycled plastics should be submitted
• Contacts of European Professional Organisations
• Provisional list of additives to be used in plastic food contact materials