Food Contact Materials

A Food Contact Material (FCM) is any substance or material that comes into contact with food as part of packaging, holding, or processing, but is not intended to be added directly to, become a component, or have a technical effect in or on the food. Food contact materials are also referred to as indirect food additives and need to be authorised for use as per the appropriate country regulations.

These regulations exist so that manufacturers and producers of materials such as plastic, paper, paperboard, printing ink, ceramic, wood, metal, cork, textiles, adhesives are utilising materials that are safe for their intended food contact application. If a food contact material is not already regulated, one might need to apply for an authorisation in a given country in order to have this new food contact substance included in an existing positive list and thus cleared for use.

Regulatory Services

• Determine compliance status of raw materials used in final food packaging globally
• Author and submit required regulatory notifications to Government Authorities,