Packaging & Food Contact Substances (FCS)
Background
Regulatory Background
(How the Food Contact Substance Notification program began)
Regulatory Report: FDA's Food Contact Substance Notification Program
(From Food Safety Magazine Oct/Nov 2005)
Regulatory Report: Assessing the Safety of Food Contact Substances
(From Food Safety Magazine Aug/Sep 2007)
Guidance and Other Information for Industry
- Final Rule to Revise Procedures and Update Reasons for Revoking the Authorizations for Food Contact Substances
- Preparation of Food Contact Substance Notifications (Administrative)
- Providing Regulatory Submissions to OFAS
- Preparation of Premarket Submissions for Food Contact Substances (Chemistry Recommendations)
- Preparation of Food Contact Substance Notifications (Toxicology Recommendations)
- Preparing a Claim of Categorical Exclusion or an Environmental Assessment for Submission
- Preparation of Food Contact Notifications for Food Contact Substances in Contact with Infant Formula and/or Human Milk
- Redbook 2000
- Submitting Requests Under 21 CFR 170.39 Threshold of Regulation for Substances Used in Food-Contact Articles
- Use of Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging (Chemistry Considerations)
- Microbiological Considerations for Antimicrobial Agents Used in Food Applications
- Assessing the Effects of Significant Manufacturing Process Changes, Including Emerging Technologies, on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Food Ingredients and Food Contact Substances, Including Food Ingredients that Are Color Additives
Inventories and Tables
- Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance (FCS) Notifications
- Food Types and Conditions of Use for Food Contact Substances
- Decisions for Food-Contact Notifications
- Threshold of Regulation Exemptions for Substances Used in Food Contact Articles
- Cumulative Estimated Daily Intake (CEDI) Database for Food Contact Substances
- Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging
- Inventory of Food Contact Substances Listed in 21 CFR