Presentation
In the absence of a specific regulatory text, the DGCCRF has drawn up sheets for the various types of materials, intended primarily for official control services and laboratories. These sheets specify the criteria and procedures for verifying the suitability of these materials for food contact, and more specifically the procedures for verifying the inertness principle of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 27, 2004.
.These sheets are the subject of upstream consultation with representatives of stakeholders (laboratories competent in the field of materials in contact with foodstuffs, manufacturers and processors of materials, food industries, distributors...).
Their publication on the DGCCRF website provides operators with transparent information on certain criteria and procedures that will be used by its services as part of official controls.
This specific DGCCRF sheet is a complement to the legislation in force in France on rubber materials and objects intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, in particular for controlling the conformity of rubber objects in dynamic contact with foodstuff flows. This sheet replaces the version published in 2017 in order to take into account the new order of August 5, 2020 concerning rubbers.