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Netherlands revises regulations on food contact materials, adjusting migration limits for metals and coatings


Time:

2025-12-09

The Netherlands has revised the specific migration limit (SML) requirements for metals and coatings in food contact materials and products, which will come into effect on November 27, 2025.

On November 26, 2025, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports issued Regulation 4274094-1009928-WJZ, revising the requirements for food contact materials and products in the Goods Act. Revise the Specific Migration Limits (SMLs) for metals and coatings. This regulation will come into effect on November 27, 2025.

 


 

Main revision content

 

General requirement: The Recycling Plastic Regulation (EC) 282/2008 has been replaced by the Recycling Plastic Regulation (EU) 2022/1616.

 

Metal:

  Updated SML (mg/kg) SML before update (mg/kg)
aluminium 5 5
antimony 0.04 0.04
arsenic 0.002 0.01
Bismuth 1 1
cadmium 0.005 0.01
chromium 0.25 0.1
cobalt 0.02 0.05
copper 4 5
lead 0.01 0.01
manganese 1.8 0.6
nickel 0.14 0.14
vanadium 0.01 0.05
zinc 5 5
zirconium 2 2
lithium 0.048 0.6
barium 1.2 /
beryllium 0.01 /
iron 40 /
mercury 0.003 /
molybdenum 0.12 /
thallium 0.001 /
tin

100(Unless otherwise specified in Regulation (EU) 2023/915)

/
silver 0.08 /

 

 

Coating:

 

  Updated SML (mg/kg) SML before update (mg/kg)
Adipic acid hydrazide 5 0.05
A reaction product of CAS No. 2416007-57-1 0.005 /

 

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