This standard replaces GB 4803-1994 “Hygienic standard for polyvinyl chloride resin used as food container and packaging material”, GB 9691-1988 “Hygienic standard for polyethylene resin used as food packaging material”, GB 9692-1988 “Hygienic standard for polystyrene resin used as food packaging material”, GB 9693-1988 “Hygienic standard for polypropylene resin used as food packaging material”,

GB 13114-1991 “Hygienic standard for polyethylene terephthalate resin used as food containers and packaging materials”, GB 13116-1991 “Hygienic standard for polycarbonate resin used as food containers and packaging materials”, GB 15204-1994 “Hygienic standard of vinylidene chloride-vinyl chloride copolymer resins for food containers and packaging materials”, the “Resin Section” in GB 13115-1991

“Hygienic standard of unsaturated polyester resin and glass fibre reinforced plastics used as food containers and packaging materials”, and the content about plastic resin in GB 16331-1996 “Hygienic standard of nylon6 resin used for food packaging material” and “Announcement about publishing the list of 107 resins permitted for use in food packaging materials including polytetramethylene adipamide.” (Announcement No. 23, 2011of former Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China).

Compared with the above standards and announcement, the major changes of this standard are as follows:

——the name of this standard has been revised to “National food safety standard Food contact plastic resin”;

——the “Scope” has been revised;

——the “Terms and Definitions” has been added;

——the “Basic Requirements” has been added;

——the “Material Requirements” has been added;

——the “Physicochemical indicators” has been revised;

——the general requirements for “Migration test” have been added;

——the “Labeling and marking” requirements have been added;

——the “Annex A” has been added.