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Management norms - how to "package" food packaging materials in the future

recently, the national health and Family Planning Commission announced a list of 258 additives for food packaging materials, which is the third batch of lists released after the former Ministry of Health issued a notice to clean up food packaging materials in 2009. The first two batches of lists were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively. At the same time, since January this year, the clean-up of food standards, including food packaging materials, is also in progress

what are the changes in the declaration of new varieties of food packaging materials in the process of cleaning up the current packaging materials and packaging materials standards? What regulations should food packaging enterprises pay attention to? China publishing daily interviewed Wang Yongfang, the former head of the health license review of the health supervision center of the Ministry of health, on these issues

the application of new varieties will be more standardized in the future

China Publishing News: what benefits will the cleaning up of packaging materials and their standards bring to the application of new varieties

Wang Yongfang: in accordance with the relevant provisions of the food safety law, the former Ministry of Health issued the provisions on the administration of administrative licensing of new varieties of food related products in 2011, and began the licensing of new varieties of food packaging materials. The cleaning up of food packaging materials and their standards has not only laid a good foundation for the licensing of new varieties, but also provided a basis for the standardization and scientificity of the licensing of new varieties in the future. In the past, because there was no license, there were many packaging materials that had been used without safety review in the market; Moreover, as all departments are formulating standards for food packaging materials, many standards are duplicated, crossed or contradictory. After the clean-up work, it will be more clear about what new varieties are, and the declaration, acceptance, examination and licensing of new varieties will be more standardized

China Publishing News: who is the main body of the declaration of new varieties of food packaging materials? What is the license scope of the new variety? How to determine new varieties

Wang Yongfang: as for domestic products, both producers and users of packaging materials can be the main body of new variety declaration. The main body of the declaration of imported products is the importer. The scope of license includes food packaging materials, what are steel tensile testing machines, new materials in containers and new additives for packaging materials, new materials and new additives in tools and equipment for food production and operation, as well as additives that have national standards or have been listed in the name list published by the former Ministry of health, but need to expand the scope and amount of use

new materials refer to food packaging materials that have not been listed in the national food safety standard or the resin list of food packaging materials announced by the former Ministry of health; New additives refer to additives that have not been listed in the national standard for food safety (gb9685) or the list of additives for food packaging materials announced by the former Ministry of health

China Publishing News: what are the specific application requirements in the application of new varieties

Wang Yongfang: the applicant should submit safety evaluation materials in accordance with the provisions on the declaration and acceptance of new varieties of food related products, and be responsible for the authenticity of the application materials; The accepting unit shall inform the applicant whether to accept the application within 5 working days as a safety device to avoid accidents; If the materials are incomplete or do not meet the requirements, inform the contents that need to be supplemented and corrected at one time; If the materials are complete and conform to the legal form, or the application unit submits all the supplemented and corrected materials as required, the evaluation institution will issue an acceptance notice and inform the applicant in writing that it will organize experts to review the application materials and make a technical review conclusion within 60 days after acceptance

China Publishing News: which new varieties will be delayed or disapproved in the application process

Wang Yongfang: the new varieties that have been postponed include three situations: first, the technical review conclusion can be made only after further supplementary information is required; Second, it is necessary to check the production site before making a technical review conclusion; Third, the conclusion of technical review can only be made after verification test or other further scientific demonstration. There are four kinds of disapproval: first, it does not comply with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations; Second, the experimental report or on-site review proves that there are safety problems; Third, it is proved that there may be safety problems through risk assessment; Fourth, providing false certification materials

what regulations should food packaging enterprises pay attention to?

China Publishing News: what are the main regulations on the management of food packaging materials in China at present

there are still many challenges at the technical level. Wang Yongfang: Articles 27, 38, 44 and 63 of the food safety law stipulate that food related products should meet the corresponding food safety standards, that food related products can be sold after passing the inspection, that applying for a new variety of production requires a license application to the former Ministry of health, and that applying for a new variety of import requires a license application to the former Ministry of health. In addition, the provisions on the administration of administrative licensing of new varieties of food related products stipulates the scope of licensing, licensing principles, application materials, etc; The provisions on the declaration and acceptance of new varieties of food related products stipulates the general requirements of application materials, the specific requirements of each material, the acceptance time limit, the time limit for submitting supplementary materials, etc. In addition, there are 133 national standards, including 126 industrial standards including packaging industry standards and light industry standards

China Publishing News: what is the necessity for packaging enterprises to understand these regulations

Wang Yongfang: as long as the production of food packaging materials and additives that come into contact with food, the enterprise must comply with relevant regulations and standards, and must be in the list of standards and permitted uses. If it is not in the list and standards, it belongs to a new variety, which must be declared in accordance with regulatory requirements and procedures. Only licensed new varieties can be used in the production of food packaging materials. Otherwise, if the unlicensed new varieties are used in the production of food packaging materials, it is an illegal act, and the production enterprise shall bear the corresponding legal responsibilities

China Publishing News: what problems should packaging enterprises pay attention to

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Wang Yongfang: at present, the national standard cleaning of food packaging materials is in progress, and packaging enterprises should pay close attention to the process of cleaning up. In fact, some enterprise representatives will also be invited to participate in the standard cleanup. Because the enterprise knows the specific materials used in production best, and also knows which standards are crossed or contradictory in the process of implementing the standards. In the process of standard cleaning, specific research and Analysis on which standards and indicators are reasonable and scientific will also refer to the opinions and suggestions of enterprises. Therefore, domestic enterprises should also pay close attention to the process of standard cleaning, because standards are closely related to each enterprise

the state will formulate a set of safety standards for food packaging materials

in the past two months, the dispute over the water quality standards of Nongfu mountain spring has attracted social attention, and multiple standards for one product have been hotly discussed. In fact, in January, 2013, China has fully launched the clean-up of food standards, and it is expected that the clean-up of standards will be fully completed by the end of 2015

as food related products, the standard of packaging materials also belongs to one of the important contents of cleaning. According to the relevant experts involved in the standard cleaning work, the national requirements for the standard cleaning are to clean up and integrate the existing health standards, quality standards, industry standards, etc., and uniformly publish them as national standards for food safety. The cleaning goal is to form the only set of mandatory safety standards for food packaging materials. At present, the cleaning up of packaging materials standards will be carried out in accordance with the basic framework of national standards for food packaging materials, including general standards, material lists, inspection methods and hygiene norms

it is reported that all departments related to packaging materials have been formulating relevant standards before, and there are more than 200 standards for food related packaging materials alone. For example, for a certain packaging material, several standards formulated by various departments may coexist, and these standards may be repeated, crossed and contradictory. The food safety law stipulates that the former Ministry of health is responsible for the national formulation and revision of food safety standards. In order to solve the confusion of standards, the national health and Family Planning Commission decided to carry out a comprehensive clean-up of standards. This work is expected to be completed by the end of 2015