Effective! Switzerland updates regulations on food contact materials
Time:
2025-02-07
Switzerland has updated its regulations on food contact materials, reducing migration limits for plasticizers such as DBP, BBP, DEHP, increasing group restrictions, and prohibiting the mixing of DINP with specific plasticizers, in line with EU regulations. The new regulations will take effect on January 1, 2025.
Recently, the Swiss Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine (FSVO) updated the Swiss Food Contact Materials Regulation SR 817.023.21, mainly involving Annex 2 and Annex 10 in the regulation. This revision has officially come into effect on January 1, 2025, and is consistent with the provisions on phthalates in the 16th revision of the 2023 EU Food Contact Plastics Regulation (EU) 10/2011.

Attachment 2
List of substances allowed for use in the manufacturing of plastic materials and products and related requirements
Table 1 "List of Substances":
Reduce specific migration limits (SML) for DBP, BBP, and DEHP, as well as the sum of DINP and DIDP (SML (T));
Added group restriction number 43 related to total SML of DBP, BBP, and DEHP;
Do not use DINP together with DBP, BBP, DEHP, or DIBP.
Table 2 "Material Group Restrictions":
Reduced the sum of DINP and DIDP (SML (T)) in the 26th set of restrictions;
Introduce group restriction clause 43, using a specified formula to limit the total SML of DBP, BBP, DEHP, and DIBP groups to 0.6mg/kg (DBP * 5+DIBP * 4+BBP * 0.1+DEHP * 1).
Attachment 10
List of Permitted Substances and Related Requirements for Packaging Ink Manufacturing
Table 1 "List of Substances":
Reduced specific migration limits (SML) for DBP, BBP, and DEHP, and added group restriction number 43 related to the total SML for DBP, BBP, and DEHP.
Table 2 "Material Group Restrictions":
Reduced the sum of DINP and DIDP (SML (T)) in the 26th set of restrictions;
Introduce group restriction clause 43, using a specified formula to limit the total SML of DBP, BBP, DEHP, and DIBP groups to 0.6mg/kg (DBP * 5+DIBP * 4+BBP * 0.1+DEHP * 1).
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