US FDA Regulation of Plastics used in food packaging
US FDA Regulation of Plastic
Used in Food Packaging
Tom Dunn
Society of Plastics Engineers
Webinar
February 9, 2012
Agenda
Objective: provide participants with enough
knowledge of US FDA regulations for plastic food
packaging to make their own compliance
determinations
I. Background
II. Customary clearance determinations
III. Special clearance determinations
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You also need to know
?US FDA system: not Global
?Good Manufacturing Practice: added obligation
?Ultimate Enforcer: Consumer
While this is a best effort to describe regulatory
requirements for plastic food packaging, public
concern about food safety raise expectations
above minimal compliance.
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I. Background
US law controlling food packaging has a minimal
statutory foundation but a comprehensive
regulatory structure
?Law-Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (1938)
as Amended (1958-2011) 21 U.S.C. ¡ì 301 et seq.
?Regulations-21 CFR 170-199
? Customary
? Special
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I. Background
US law controlling food packaging has a minimal
statutory foundation but a comprehensive
regulatory structure
?Law-Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (1938)
as Amended (1958-2011) 21 U.S.C. ¡ì 301 et seq.
The US regulates food packaging
?Regulations-21 CFR 170-199
material only if there is a reasonable
? Customary
? Special
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expectation that, when used as
intended, a part of it would become
a component of the food [an
¡°additive¡±+ (with exceptions) .
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