This June, the EC started consulting with members of the food packaging industry on a harmonized EU measure on printed food contact materials ("FCMs"). The EC, which recently announced the results of a study that it had conducted to describe the current situation concerning FCMs for which there are no specific measures at the EU level, is assessing the suitability of the current EU framework, regulated under the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, both for the harmonized and nonharmonized sectors. For more information, click here.
To this end, industry players were invited to provide input via a joint taskforce, the European Printing Inks Association. This initiative follows the EC's announcements last year that it would adopt a harmonized law on printed FCMs as early as mid-2018.
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