From March 2023, strict control measures will be carried out in Shanghai to manage microplastics and BPA, especially for their uses in food contact materials.

On February 3, 2023, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment released a notice to make public Shanghai’s list of new pollutants subject to priority management (hereinafter referred to as the Shanghai List), which was formulated based on the national list – List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2023) and Shanghai’s Workplan for New Pollutants Treatment. It will come into force on March 1, 2023.

Compared with the national list (includes 14 types of new pollutants), the Shanghai List adds 2 more types of new pollutants – ‘microplastics’ and ‘bisphenol A (BPA; CAS No. 80-05-7)’ with the corresponding control measures, as well as some additional local requirements for nonyl phenol and antibiotics.

Main Differences

1. Stipulating additional requirements for nonyl phenol.
2. Stipulating additional requirements for antibiotics.
3. Designating microplastics as new pollutants subject to priority management in Shanghai with relevant control measures.
4. Designating BPA as new pollutant subject to priority management in Shanghai with the following control measures.

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