Switzerland Publishes Expanded List of Approved Substances for Food Contact Ink

Switzerland publishes a new positive list containing approximately 5,000 substances that can be used for packaging ink under its food contact
legislation.

RO 2020 4811 was published under Official Collection No. 149 of
November 24, 2020, replacing Appendix 10 to RS 817.023.21. The new list
contains 53 more substances than its predecessor.

Packaging inks are defined in the legislation as:

  • Mixtures
    of ink and printed varnishes to be printed on the surface of materials and articles
    that do not come into direct contact with food
  • Manufactured
    from substances such as binders, dyes, pigments, plasticizers, solvents and
    other additives
  • Layers of
    packaging ink which, in their finished state, are thin films or printing
    varnishes that are dried or hardened on the surface of materials and articles

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The latest version of the list came into
effect on December 1, 2020.

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