On 4 February, 2021, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 8 new food contact additives and resins passing the technical review of the CFSA Expert Review Committee and now opens for public comments. These include 1 new food contact additive, 3 food contact additive with expanded scope, and 4 new food contact resins. The deadline for public comments is 27 February, 2021.
(1) New food contact additive (1 type)
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					 Name  | 
				
					 CAS number  | 
				
					 Range of application  | 
				
					 Maximum level (%)  | 
			
| 
					 Silicic acid, sodium salt, reaction product with chlorotrimethylsilane and isopropyl alcohol  | 
				
					 68988-56-7  | 
				
					 Paper and paperboard  | 
				
					 0.00585  | 
			
(2) Food contact additives with expanded scope (3 types)
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					 Name  | 
				
					 CAS number  | 
				
					 Range of application  | 
				
					 Maximum level (%)  | 
			
| 
					 Talc  | 
				
					 14807-96-6  | 
				
					 Plastic: PLA  | 
				
					 30  | 
			
| 
					 Phosphorous trichloride, reaction products with 1,1’-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol  | 
				
					 119345-01-6  | 
				
					 Plastic: PPSU, PESU  | 
				
					 PPSU: 0.15 PESU: 0.115  | 
			
| 
					 C.I. Solvent Red 135  | 
				
					 20749-68-2  | 
				
					 Plastic: PCT  | 
				
					 0.03  | 
			
(3) New food contact resins (4 types)
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					 Name  | 
				
					 CAS number  | 
				
					 Range of application  | 
				
					 Maximum level (%)  | 
			
| 
					 2-Butenedioic acid (E)-, polymer with 1,3-isobenzofurandione and tricyclodecanedimethanol  | 
				
					 68784-89-4  | 
				
					 Coating and coating film  | 
				
					 15 (count as the dry weight of coating)  | 
			
| 
					 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and 1,6-hexanediol  | 
				
					 Coating and coating film  | 
				
					 80 (count as the dry weight of coating)  | 
			|
| 
					 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with N-(butoxymethyl)-2-propenamide, ethenylbenzene and ethyl 2-propenoate  | 
				
					 26589-46-8  | 
				
					 Coating and coating film  | 
				
					 Appropriate level  | 
			
| 
					 2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 2,6-dimethyl ester, polymer with 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,2-ethanediol, 2,2’-oxybis[ethanol] and β3,β3,β9,β9-tetramethyl-2,4,8,10- tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-diethanol  | 
				
					 2146168-28-5  | 
				
					 Plastic  | 
				
					 Appropriate level  | 
			
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