Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) on a request from the Commission related to a 8th list of substances for food contact materials Question No EFSA-Q-2003-224, EFSA-Q-2003-189 Adopted on 27 April 2005

Within the general task of evaluating substances intended for use in materials in contact with food according to Council Directive 89/109/EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, the AFC Panel evaluated the following substances. Ref. No.: 47500 Name of the substance: N,N'- dicyclohexyl- 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxamide CAS number: 153250-52-3 Classified in list: 3 Restriction: 5 mg/kg food Name of the substance: Mono-n-dodecyltin tris(isooctyl mercaptoacetate) and Di-n- dodecyltin bis(isooctyl mercaptoacetate) CAS number: 067649-65-4 and 084030-61-5 Classified in list: 3 Restriction: 0.05 mg/kg food (as sum of mono-n-dodecyltin tris(isooctyl mercaptoacetate), di-n-dodecyltin bis(isooctyl mercaptoacetate), mono-dodecyltin trichloride and di-dodecyltin dichloride) expressed as the sum of mono- and di-dodecyltin chloride