GB 4806.7-2023 National Food Safety Standard (Plastic Materials and Products for Food Contact) released
On September 25 , 2023 , the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China ( NHC ) released the new standard GB 4806.7-2023 "National Food Safety Standard for Food Contact Plastic Materials and Products". The official implementation date of this standard is September 6 , 2024 .
The GB 4806.7-2023 standard replaces GB 4806.6-2016 "National Food Safety Standard Plastic Resins for Food Contact", GB 4806.7-2016 "National Food Safety Standard Plastic Materials and Products for Food Contact" and the original National Health and Family Planning Commission 2013 No. No. 14 , 2014 No. 14 , 2016 No. 5 , 2016 No. 7 , 2016 No. 10 , 2017 No. 2 , 2017 Announcement No. 11 , National Health Commission 2018 No. 9 , No. 11 of 2018 , No. 15 of 2018 , No. 4 of 2020 Plastic resins in Announcement No. 6 of 2020 .
Compared with the above standards and announcements , the main changes of the GB 4806.7-2023 standard are as follows :
The scope has been modified;
Added terms and definitions;
Modified raw material requirements;
Increased the indicator limits for aromatic primary amines;
Added other physical and chemical indicators;
Added other technical requirements;
Modified label identification requirements;
Appendix A has been modified;
Added Appendix B.