EU Food Contact Plastics: Four Substances Added to the Positive List, Recycled Plastics Declaration System Restructured

On 29 October 2026, the EU Official Journal published two food contact material amending regulations on the same day. Regulation (EU) 2026/2412 adds four substances to the Union positive list for plastics (Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011), and Regulation (EU) 2026/2376 restructures the recycled plastics framework of Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 across registration, declarations of compliance, testing methods and import release documents. Both regulations enter into force on 18 November 2026.