Food contact materials (FCM) in the EU are subject of the
Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 stating FCM should not endanger
human health or bring about an unacceptable change in the
composition and a deterioration in organoleptic properties of food.
There is a list of 17 types of FCM, which may be covered by specific
measures, but only in the case of plastics, ceramics, regenerated
cellulose films, active and intelligent materials detailed legislative
requirements on EU-level have been introduced to date. However,
some EU member countries regulated paper FCM on national level
by implementing e.g. lists of approved substances.