SG 160/24
Montenegro has published its rulebook on food contact regenerated cellulose film materials and articles. The new law became effective on October 19, 2024.
In 2016, Montenegro issued the nation’s regulation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 80/216 (OMG No. 80/2016)). It established different types of food contact material and articles where specific measures may be adopted or amended, requirements for general safety, traceability, good manufacturing practice (GMP), active and intelligent materials and articles, declaration of conformity (DoC), civil penalties and the use of the wine glass and fork symbol for ‘food contact safe’.
This piece of legislation adopted provisions from Regulation (EC) No.1935/2004, the framework regulation for food contact materials and articles in the European Union (EU).
On October 11, 2024, Montenegro’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management (Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede) published its rulebook for regenerated cellulose film materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (the Rulebook, OMG No. 98/2024). The new law transposes EU Directive 2007/42/EC on food contact regenerated cellulose films.
OMG No. 98/2024 contains several important provisions. It:
The Rulebook became effective on October 19, 2024 – the eighth day from its publication in the OGM.
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