16/09/2024

BedGgstV Section 2a (1) Notification requirement for food contact materials and articles Deadline until 2024

Dear business partners,

In July 2024, the revised version of the Consumer Goods Ordinance (BedGgstV) came into force. This introduces a notification obligation for economic operators who manufacture, handle or place food contact materials and articles on the market as finished products.

In this ordinance, ‘placing on the market’ is defined as holding materials and articles ready for sale, including offering for sale or any other form of transfer. According to Article 1(2) of EU Regulation No 1935/2004, food contact materials and articles are everyday consumer goods that are intended to come into contact with food, are already in contact with food and are intended or can reasonably be expected to come into contact with food or to transfer their constituents to food under normal or foreseeable conditions of use.

Each of our business partners must notify their local food control authority of the registration for food contact materials and articles.

The notification deadline for submission is 31 October 2024.

You can find the form for notifying the placing on the market of food contact materials and articles in our Download Centre under Templates & Forms.