FCM Regulations in China and Migration Testing

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During this module, you will learn about:

• Chinese standards that apply to the FCMs you are interested in, including plastic resins, plastic articles, small projections on an article, ceramic, glass, paper, paperboard, paints and coatings (or films);
• food contact additives already approved in China by the country's National Health Commission (NHC);
• the restrictions for certain key listed food contact additives or FCM substances with respect to their specific migration limits (SMLs);
• how to carry out a worst-case calculation (WCC) in cases of missing experimental or theoretical (modelling) migration data;
• migration testing conditions to be applied under China’s GB requirements, with case study examples;
• the analytical challenges in identifying non-intentionally added substances (Nias) that migrate into food under intended conditions of use;
• key steps when considering the risk assessment of FCM substances migrating into food;
• the petition steps to gain listing of a new food contact additive in China; and
• how to demonstrate compliance of materials and articles intended for use in food contact applications on the Chinese market, and the importance of place in the supply chain.