* UPDATED Regulatory situation for food contact materials in Brazil and other South American Countries

* Food Contact Legislation in ASEAN
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) emanates from the ASEAN Leaders– vision to transform ASEAN into a single market and production base that is highly competitive and fully integrated into the global community by 2015

* EU guidelines on
conditions and procedures for the import of polyamide and melamine kitchenware originating in or consigned from People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
This document, drawn up by the services of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, is not binding on the European Commission as an Institution. Please note that this document cannot provide a formal interpretation of European Union law in relation to specific situation. It does also not provide legal advice on issues of national law.

* Technical guidelines on
TESTING THE MIGRATION OF PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINES FROM POLYAMIDE KITCHENWARE AND OF FORMALDEHYDE FROM MELAMINE KITCHENWARE
(European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection)

* Compendium of
REFERENCES OF THE EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIONS

*Guidelines on
TESTING CONDITIONS FOR ARTICLES IN CONTACT WITH FOODSTUFF
(European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection)

*Guidelines on
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AND VALIDATION PROCEDURES OF ANALYTICAL METHODS USED IN CONTROLS OF FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS
(European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection)

* Guidelines on
Applicability of generally recognised diffusion models for the estimation of specific migration in support of EU Directive 2002/72/EC

* Guidelines of
SYNOPTIC DOCUMENT (PROVISIONAL LIST OF MONOMERS AND ADDITIVES NOTIFIED TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION AS SUBSTANCES (European Commission Institute for Health and Consumer Protection)

* Guidelines of
COUNCIL OF EUROPE'S POLICY STATEMENTS CONCERNING MATERIALS AND ARTICLES INTENDED TO COME IN CONTACT WITH FOODSTUFF