The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Standards for Appliances, Containers and Packaging’ under Food Sanitation Act on October 14^th, 2022. It is expected that the approval for using recycled materials as raw materials for utensils, containers and packaging would be published in the near future. And this draft amendment is to specify data to be submitted when applying for the approval. In addition to this, this draft amendment is to improve some issues of the current standards that industry is facing to pursue the sustainable society.

The draft amendment mainly proposes revisions including:

• Update the standard of recycled materials made of synthetic resins
• New standard for polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)
• Update the test method

Please note that one article for the standard of recycled materials made of synthetic resins in the draft is based on the draft Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, so it may change according to the final Enforcement Rule.

If you have any opinion on this amendment, please write your opinion and submit it to the MFDS.

The deadline for this consultation is Dec 13th, 2022.