Compliance intelligence for food contact materials — migration limits, approved substance lists, recycled content rules, and material-specific developments.
Certean Signals tracks 3 verified regulatory signals on Food Contact, most often involving EU Product Safety Regulation, REACH and affecting European Union, Netherlands, Germany, France. Coverage runs from 6 May 2026 to 7 October 2026; each signal cites its official source and carries key dates and a confidence level.
Regulation (EU) 2025/40, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, has applied directly in all 27 Member States since 12 August 2026, replacing Directive 94/62/EC. It covers all packaging regardless of material and binds manufacturers, importers, distributors and producers through conformity assessment, EU declarations of conformity, Annex VII technical documentation, Annex V single-use format bans and PFAS restrictions in food-contact packaging. Member States must have penalty frameworks in place by 12 February 2027.
EPA extended the TSCA PFAS reporting deadline under the reporting rule effective 13 November 2023 to 11 January 2026 for most companies and 11 July 2026 for small businesses importing articles, covering 205 reportable PFAS and historical data from 2011-2022. In parallel, California's 100 ppm textile limit and Minnesota's ban on 11 product categories took effect 1 January 2025, affecting textiles, cookware, cosmetics and food packaging.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation, through Announcement No. 14 of 2026 of the Certification and Accreditation Administration, establishes a national 'One List, One Database' system for qualification accreditation of inspection and testing institutions, effective 1 June 2026. The list fixes 11 statutory fields and the database holds more than 45,000 inspection and testing standards. CMA marks may only be applied to accredited capability items; out-of-scope accreditations will not be renewed on expiry.
