China Consults on New GB Standard for Food Contact Paints and Coatings (GB 4806.10)

On Nov. 17, 2021, Beijing Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute issued a notice to solicit public opinions for "GB 4806.10-xxx Paints and Coatings in Contact with Foodstuffs (Draft)". 

This revision proposes to include all the paints and resins for coatings from the current GB 4806.10-2016 and all notifications issued by National Health Commission (NHC) from 2016-2021, like the latest NHC Notice No. 9 of 2021. Therefore, the application scope was extended correspondingly. Compared with the current version, paints and coatings for paper are newly included in the application scope.

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