[Food Contact/Plastics] Commission Directive Adopted

The Commission has adopted the 5th amendment of Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The Directive establishes lists of authorised substances for the manufacture of these materials and articles, in particular additives and monomers, restrictions on their use, as well as rules on labelling and onto he information to be given to consumers or food business operators for the correct use of these materials and articles. The current list of additives contained in the Directive is an incomplete list inasmuch as it does not contain all substances currently adopted in one or more Member States.