2019/0520/DK
EC/EFTA
DK Danemark
  • C00A - AGRICULTURE, PECHE ET DENREES ALIMENTAIRES
2020-01-24
2019-11-12

Food contact materials

Order on food contact materials and on provisions for penalties for breaches of related EU legislation

The purpose of the Order is to ban the placement on the market of food contact material made of cardboard and paper if perfluoroalky and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used.

The Order will however allow the placement on the market of food contact materials made of cardboard and paper where perfluoroalky and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used, for example from inks or reused cardboard and paper, but only if a functional barrier is used in the material to prevent the substances migrating into the food.

Previously translated content in the DRAFT document:

- Annex 1: The form can be found in English at the link below. However, the sequence is not identical.

https://ec.europa.eu/food/site...

- Annex 2: Appears in English in Annex II to Council Directive 78/142/EEC of 30 January 1978 on

the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and

articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into

contact with foodstuffs.

- Annex 3: Appears in English in Annexes I and II to Commission Directive 2007/42/EC of 29 June 2007

on relating to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with

foodstuffs.

- Annex 6: Appears in English in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 15 October 1984 on

the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended

to come into contact with foodstuffs. However, the Danish text has an amended layout.