The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Limits and migration limits N.I.

8.—(1) Materials and articles which are manufactured with vinyl chloride polymers or copolymers —

(a) must not contain vinyl chloride monomer in a quantity exceeding 1 milligram per kilogram of the material or article as measured by the method of analysis specified in regulation 9(1); and

(b) must be manufactured in such a way that they do not transfer to foods with which they are in contact any quantity of vinyl chloride exceeding 0.01 milligrams of vinyl chloride per kilogram of food as measured by the method of analysis specified in regulation 9(2).

(2) A person shall not —

(a) sell;

(b) import; or

(c) use in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, selling or serving of food,

any such material or article that does not comply with paragraph (1).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in operation at 5.11.2007, see reg. 1(2)