Dear Working Group Members,

 

In China, food contact materials (FCMs) are regulated as food-related products, and include materials and products that come into contact with food or are expected to under normal and foreseeable use conditions, such as packaging materials, containers, tools and equipment, printing inks, adhesives, lubricating oils, etc.

 

In order to guarantee the safety and quality of food contact materials, the then National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) published in November 2016 a series of updates to the Chinese regulatory framework for FCMs, including GB 4806.1-2016 General Safety Requirements for Food Contact Materials and Articles and GB 9685-2016 Standard for Uses of Additives in Food Contact Materials and Articles, which entered into force in October 2017. Most recently, after the government restructuring that took place earlier this year, the new National Health Commission (NHC) has published a draft Food Safety Standard on Food-Contact Composite Materials and Articles.

 

To better understand China’s food contact materials standards as well as their impact on European business, the European Chamber is delighted to invite Mr. Yao Mingguang, Director, Special Product Supervision Division, Shanghai Municipal Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau (上海市质量技术监督局特定产品处姚明光处长), to join an open discussion with members and share his insight on the development, applicability and implementation of China’s FCMs standards. Members are kindly invited to also share their comments on related issues as well as provide input on European FCMs standards and practices.

 

The meeting will be held in both Shanghai and Beijing via video conference system on September 12^th from 10:00 to 11:30.

 

Kindly note this meeting is open to the agriculture, food and beverage and petrochemicals, chemicals and refining industries and by invitation only. To ensure the free flow of discussion, the meeting will be held in Chinese only.

  

Tentative Agenda: 

 

• 09:30-10:00  Registration 
• 10:00-10:10  Welcome remarks by Ms. Ashley Wang, National Chair of the AFB Working Group       
• 10:10-11:20  Open discussion on the updated China food contact materials (FCM) standards and practice with Mr. Yao Mingguang, Director, Special Product Supervision Division, Shanghai Municipal Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau (上海市质量技术监督局特定产品处姚明光处长)     
• 11:20-11:30  Closing remarks by Ms. Ashley Wang, National Chair of the AFB Working Group   

 

As usual, we welcome your suggestions for possible agenda topics and speakers for this and future meetings.

 

If you are interested in attending this meeting in our Beijing office, please register on this page or contact Ms. Alexandra-Andreea Pop at apop@europeanchamber.com.cn no later than Tuesday, September 11, COB.

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