Food Contact Substances (FCS)

• Regulatory Background
  (How the Food Contact Substance Notification program began)
• Regulatory Report: FDA's Food Contact Substance Notification Program
  (From Food Safety Magazine Oct/Nov 2005)
• Regulatory Report: Assessing the Safety of Food Contact Substances
  (From Food Safety Magazine Aug/Sep 2007)

Guidance

• Guidance for Industry: Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic or Paper Format to the Office of Food Additive Safety; Draft Guidance
• Administrative
• Forms for Notifications for Food Contact Substances
  • Notification for New Use of a Food Contact Substance under Premarket Notification
    • FDA Form No. 3480: PDF format
  • Notification for the Use of a Food Contact Substance Formulation
    • FDA Form No. 3479: PDF Format 
• Chemistry
• Toxicology
• Environmental
• Redbook 2000
• E-Submissions
• Submitting Requests Under 21 CFR 170.39 Threshold of Regulation For Substances Used in Food-Contact Articles
• Use of Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging: Chemistry Considerations
• Microbiological Considerations for Antimicrobial Food Additive Submissions (June 2008)

Inventories and Tables

• Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS)
• Food Types and Conditions of Use for Food Contact Substances
• Inventory of Environmental Decisions for Effective FCS Notifications
• Threshold of Regulation Exemptions
• Cumulative Estimated Daily Intake/Acceptable Daily Intake Database for Food Contact Substances
• Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging
• List of "Indirect" Additives Used in Food Contact Substances