The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

PART 3 Supplementary

1.  In regulations 5 and 7 and Parts 1 and 2 of this Schedule—

(a) the PM/REF No of any additive is its EEC packaging material reference number,

(b) the CAS No. of any additive is its CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) Registry Number; and

(c) the name of any additive is its chemical name, and to the extent that there is any inconsistency between the CAS No. and the name, the name shall take precedence over the CAS No.

2.  If a substance identified in Parts 1 or 2 is an acid, a phenol or an alcohol and has salts (including double salts) of one or more of the following names (that is to say salts of aluminium, ammonium, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium or zinc), then any such salts shall be treated as included in the specification of that substance.

3.  If, as indicated in paragraph 2 of Annex III to the Directive, a substance is identified in Parts 1 or 2 as an “… acid, salt” and has salts of one or more of the following names (that is to say, salts of aluminium, ammonium, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium or zinc), then the free acid corresponding to that substance is not treated as included in the specification of that substance.

4.  Where an entry in column 4 of Part 1 or Part 2 includes a bracketed number, that entry shall be subject to a note relating to that number as follows, the following bracketed numbers corresponding with those appearing in those Parts —

(1): Warning: there is a risk that the SML could be exceeded in fatty food simulants.

(2): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 10060 and 23920.

(3): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 15760, 16990, 47680, 53650 and 89440.

(4): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 19540, 19960 and 64800.

(5): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 14200, 14230 and 41840.

(6): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 66560 and 66580.

(7): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 30080, 42320, 45195, 45200, 53610, 81760, 89200 and 92030.

(8): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 38000, 42400, 64320, [67896,] 73040, 85760, 85840, 85920 and 95725.

(9): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 30180, 40980, 63200, 65120, 65200, 65280, 65360, 65440 and 73120.

(10): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels (expressed as iodine) of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 45200, 64320, 81680 and 86800.

(11): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 36720, 36800, 36840 and 92000.

(12): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 39090 and 39120.

(13): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 44960, 68078, 82020 and 89170.

(14): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 15970, 48640, 48720, 48880, 61280, 61360 and 61600.

(15): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 49600, 67520 and 83599.

(16): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 50160, 50240, 50320, 50360, 50400, 50480, 50560, 50640, 50720, 50800, 50880, 50960, 51040 and 51120.

(17): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PR/REF Nos. 67600, 67680 and 67760.

(18): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 60400, 60480 and 61440.

(19): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 66400 and 66480.

(20): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 93120 and 93280.

(21): SML(T) in this cases means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 17260, 18670, 54880 and 59280.

(22): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF/Nos. 13620, 36840, 40320 and 87040.

(23): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF/Nos. 13720 and 40580.

(24): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 16650 and 51570.

(26): QMA(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the residual quantities of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 14950, 15700, 16240, 16570, 16600, 16630, 18640, 19110, 22332, 22420, 22570, 25210, 25240 and 25270.

(27): QMA(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the residual quantities of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 10599/90A, 10599/91, 10599/92A and 10599/93.

(28): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 13480 and 39680.

(29) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 22775 and 69920.

(30): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 86480, 86960 and 87120.

(31): Compliance testing when there is a fat contact should be performed using saturated fatty food simulants as simulant D.

(32): Compliance testing when there is a fat contact should be performed using isooctane as substitute of simulant D (unstable).

(33): QMA(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the residual quantities of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 14800 and 45600.

(34): SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the following substances having PM/REF Nos. 55200, 55280 and 55360.

5.  In this case of the substances listed in Part 2, the specific migration limits specified in column 4 of that Part (restrictions and specifications) shall have effect with effect from 1st July 2006 where the verification of compliance is carried out in simulant D or in test media of substitute tests as prescribed in Council Directive 82/711/EEC and Council Directive 85/572/EEC.