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South Korea releases revised draft standards for food contact products

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2026-01-21

The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has released a revised draft of the "Standards and Specifications for Food Utensils, Containers, and Packaging", which involves rubber products for infants and young children PVC、 Various products such as recycled plastics.

On January 8, 2026, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) released a revised draft of the "Standards and Specifications for Food Utensils, Containers, and Packaging" (Announcement No. 2026-008 and Announcement No. 2026-009), which involves rubber products for infants and young children PVC、 Various products such as recycled plastics. The deadline for soliciting public opinions on the draft is March 9, 2026.

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Main changes

01. Add new terms and integrate chapters

In order to facilitate the use of practitioners, testing institutions and other relevant parties, the draft has supplemented the missing terminology explanation section in the original standard and integrated and improved the chapter system. Among them, key definitions such as "for infants and young children", "migration", "residue", and "primary aromatic amines" are included in the newly established terminology definitions.

02. Add rubber products for infants and young children

To ensure the safety of infants and young children, MFDS has included "rubber products for infants and young children that are similar in shape and usage to rubber pacifiers" in its control measures, requiring the application of the same standards as "rubber pacifiers" and addressing the previous regulatory gap in similar products.

Infant and toddler products "refer to products designed for infants under 12 months old and children aged 12 to 36 months.

Rubber products for infants and young children "refer to rubber products used for infants and young children, such as rubber pacifiers, rubber juicers, and rubber straws.

The specific requirements include lead content, cadmium content, total migration, zinc migration, nitrosamines, and total volatiles.

03. Revise PVC migration specifications

The migration specification for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) synthetic resin has been revised to comply with the requirements of the general manufacturing standard that "di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) shall not be used in the manufacture of food utensils, containers, and packaging unless it is impossible to migrate to food" and the usage specification that "di (2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA) shall not be used in the manufacture of cling film unless it is impossible to migrate to food".

04. Newly added standards for recycled raw materials

Add "IV. Recycled Raw Material Standards", applicable to chemically recycled synthetic resins, physically recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP), and integrate and improve the recognition standards for recycled raw materials (Attachment 4: Physical Recycled Synthetic Resin Raw Material Recognition Standards for Appliances, Containers and Packaging).

Compliance recommendations

The main changes in this revised draft are to modify the description and definition of infant rubber products, revise the limit of ortho benzene substances in PVC, and add standards for recycled raw materials. Relevant enterprises need to closely monitor regulatory developments and make timely adjustments.

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