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        Packaging & Food Contact Substances (FCS)

Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance (FCS) Notifications

                        
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  January 25, 2022
  **Proposed New Rule to Revise Procedures and Update Reasons for Revoking the Authorizations for FCNs**
  FDA proposed a new rule to amend our regulation (21 CFR 170.105) on how and when the FDA may determine that a pre-market notification for a food contact substance is no longer effective. Learn more about the proposed changes and how to comment on the proposed rule.

  
  The database lists effective premarket notifications for food contact substances that have been demonstrated to be safe for their intended use. The list includes the food contact substance (FCS), the notifier, the manufacturer of the FCS, the intended use, the limitations on the conditions of use for the FCS and its specifications, the effective date, and its environmental decision. Under section 409(h)(2)(C) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348 (h)(2)(C)) a food contact notification (FCN) is only effective for the manufacturer or supplier identified in the notification. Persons who market a FCS based on an effective notification must be able to demonstrate that the notification is effective for their food contact substance. All persons who purchase a food contact substance manufactured or supplied by a manufacturer or supplier identified in an effective notification may rely on that notification to legally market or use the food contact substance for the use that is the subject of the notification, consistent with any limitations in that notification.
  Launch the Database

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			  Food Contact Substances (FCS)Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance (FCS) Notifications                
                          

                        About the FCS Review Program
          Food Contact Substance Notification Program (Video)
          How to Submit a Food Contact Substance Notification
          Letter of Guaranty for a Product's Intended Food-Contact Use
 
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