On February 8, 2025, GB 4806.15-2024 "Adhesives for Food Contact Materials and Products" was officially implemented!
Time:
2025-02-07
The GB 4806.15-2024 "Adhesive for Food Contact Materials and Products" standard will come into effect on February 8, 2025. It is the first adhesive standard for food contact materials in China, which specifies the scope of application, classification, basic requirements, technical requirements, and labeling to ensure food safety and provide compliance basis.

GB 4806.15-2024 "National Food Safety Standard - Adhesives for Food Contact Materials and Products" will officially come into effect on February 8, 2025. GB 4806.15-2024 is the first product standard in China for adhesives used in food contact materials and products.
The application of adhesives in food contact materials and products is very extensive, but the migration of components in adhesives used between layers of adhesives or composite materials into food can pose hidden dangers to food safety. The release of this national standard is an important measure to improve the national food safety standard system and provide regulatory basis for the compliance of adhesives used in food contact materials and products.
Main content of the standard
1. Scope of application
Suitable for adhesives used in food contact materials and products.
2. Terminology and definitions
Adhesive for food contact materials and products: A material in food contact materials and products that directly or indirectly comes into contact with food through physical or chemical bonding.
3. Product classification
According to whether they come into direct contact with food, adhesives used for food contact materials and products can be divided into two categories: adhesives used for direct contact with food and adhesives used for indirect contact with food.
4. Basic requirements
1. Adhesives used for food contact materials and products shall comply with the provisions of GB4806.1.
2. Enterprises producing and using adhesives for food contact materials and products shall comply with safety risk control requirements.
5. Technical requirements
a) Raw material requirements
1. Basic raw material requirements: The use of adhesive base materials for direct contact with food should comply with the requirements of Appendix A and relevant announcements. The use of adhesive base materials for indirect contact with food should comply with the requirements of Appendix A, Appendix B, and relevant announcements.
2. Additive requirements: It should comply with the requirements of GB9685 and relevant announcements.
b) Sensory requirements
c) General physical and chemical indicators
d) Other physical and chemical indicators
1. Adhesives used for food contact materials and products shall comply with the specific migration limit (SML), specific migration total limit (SML (T)), maximum residue (QM) and other physical and chemical indicators specified in Appendix A, Appendix B and relevant announcements for basic raw materials.
2. Adhesives used for food contact materials and products shall comply with the physical and chemical indicators such as SML, SML (T), QM for additives specified in GB9685 and relevant announcements.
6. Label identification
1. Label identification should comply with the provisions of GB4806.1.
2. Adhesive products should indicate the product category on the label (adhesive for direct contact with food, adhesive for indirect contact with food).
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