Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Regulation 15(a) and (b)

SCHEDULE 1

PART I list of monomers to be added to section a of part i of schedule 1 to the principal regulations

Item	PM/REF No.	CAS No.	Name	Restrictions and specifications
15A	11530	00999-61-1	Acrylic acid, 2-hydroxypropyl ester	QMA = 0.05 mg/6 dm2
28B	12763	00141-43-5	2-Aminoethanol	SML = 0.05 mg/kg. Not for use in polymers contacting foods for which simulant D is laid down in Council Directive 85/572/EEC and for indirect food contact only, behind the PET layer
28C	12765	84434-12-8	N-(2-aminoethyl)-beta-alanine, sodium salt	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
38A	13395	04767-03-7	2,2-Bis(hydroxymethyl) propionic acid	QMA = 0.05 mg/6 dm2
47A	13617	00080-09-1	Bisphenol S	As item 86A
49B	13810	00505-65-7	1,4-Butanediol formal	QMA = 0.05 mg/6 dm2
52A	13932	00598-32-3	3-Buten-2-ol	QMA = ND (DL = 0.02 mg/6 dm2). To be used only as a co-monomer for the preparation of polmeric additive
70A	15030	00931-88-4	Cyclooctene	SML = 0.05 mg/kg. For use only in polymers contacting foods for which simulant A is laid down in Council Directive 85/572/EEC
76A	15370	03236-53-1	1,6-Diamino-2,2,4-trimethylhexane	QMA = 5 mg/6 dm2
76B	15400	03236-54-2	1,6-Diamino-2,4,4-trimethylhexane	QMA = 5 mg/6 dm2
77A	15610	00080-07-9	4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulphone	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
86A	16090	00080-09-01	4,4'-Dihydroxydiphenyl sulphone	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
88B	16390	00126-30-7	2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
121B	19110	04098-71-9	1-Isocyanato-3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane	QM(T) = 1 mg/kg in FP (as NCO)
122A	19243	00078-79-5	Isoprene	As item 145A
126A	19490	00947-04-6	Laurolactam	SML = 5 mg/kg
135A	20260	00101-43-9	Methacrylic acid, cyclohexyl ester	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
135B	20410	02082-81-7	Methacrylic acid, diester with 1,4-butanediol	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
135D	20590	00106-91-2	Methacrylic acid, 2,3-epoxypropyl ester	QMA = 0.02 mg/6 dm2
144A	21520	01561-92-8	Methallylsulphonic acid, sodium salt	SML = 5 mg/kg
145A	21640	00078-79-5	2-Methyl-1,3-butadiene	QM = 1 mg/kg in FP or SML = ND (DL = 0.02 mg/kg, analytical tolerance included)
145C	21765	106246-33-7	4,4'-Methylenebis(3-chloro-2,6-diethylaniline)	QMA = 0.05 mg/6 dm2
145D	21821	00505-65-7	1,4-(Methylenedioxy)butane	As item 49B
148A	22360	01141-38-4	2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic acid	SML = 5 mg/kg
150A	22437	00126-30-7	Neopentylglycol	As item 88B
156A	22778	07456-68-0	4,4'-Oxybis(benzenesulphonyl azide)	QMA = 0.05 mg/6 dm2
159A	22900	00109-67-1	1-Pentene	SML = 5 mg/kg
184A	24073	000101-90-6	Resorcinol diglycidyl ether	QMA = 0.005 mg/g dm2. Not for use in polymers contacting foods for which simulant D is laid down in Council Directive 85/572/EEC and for indirect food contact only, behind the PET layer.
214A	25380		Trialkyl acetic acid (C7-C17), vinyl esters (= vinyl versatate)	QMA = 0.05 mg/g dm2
215A	25450	26896-48-0	Tricyclodecanedimethanol	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
217A	25900	00110-88-3	Trioxane	SML = 0.05 mg/kg

PART II list of monomers for which the entry contained in the first column (item) of section a of part i of schedule 1 to the principal regulations is to be amended

Item	Name
52B	4-tert-Butylphenol
88C	1.3 Dioxolane
121C	Isophthalic acid
135C	Methacrylic acid, 2-(dimethylamino) ethyl ester
145B	3-Methyl-1-butene
159B	Perfluoropropyl perfluorovinyl ether
214B	Triallylamine

PART III list of monomers for which the entry contained in column 4 (restrictions and specifications) of section a of part i of schedule 1 to the principal regulations is to be amended

Name	Restrictions and specifications
2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane bis(2,3-epoxypropyl) ether (= BADGE)	Use must be before 1st January 2005 and prior to that date be as specified in paragraph 1 of Annex I to Commission Directive 2002/16, as read with the second sentence of paragraph 2 of that Annex
4,4'-Dihydroxybenzophenone	SML(T) = 6 mg/kg (14)
Formaldehyde	SML(T) = 15 mg/kg (21)
Hexamethylenetetramine	SML(T) = 15 mg/kg (expressed as formaldehyde (21)
1,3-Phenylenediamine	SML = ND (DL = 0.02 mg/kg, analytical tolerance included)

PART IV provisions substituted for section b of part i of schedule 1 to the principal regulations

“Section B : Monomers authorised up to 31st December 2004

Item	PM/REF No.	CAS No.	Name	Restrictions and specifications
1	10599/90A	61788-89-4	Acids, fatty, unsaturated (C18), dimers, distilled
2	10599/91	61788-89-4	Acids, fatty, unsaturated (C18), dimers, non-distilled
3	10599/92A	68783-41-5	Acids, fatty, unsaturated (C18), dimers, hydrogenated, distilled
4	10599/93	68783-41-5	Acids, fatty, unsaturated (C18), dimers, hydrogenated, non-distilled
5	11500	00103-11-7	Acrylic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester
6	13050	00528-44-9	1,2,4-Benzenetricarboxylic acid	As item 23
7	13075	00091-76-9	Benzoguanamine
8	13720	00110-63-4	1,4-Butanediol
9	14260	00502-44-3	Caprolactone
10	14800	03724-65-0	Crotonic acid
11	15310	00091-76-9	2,4-Diamino-6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazine
12	15730	00077-73-6	Dicyclopentadiene
13	16210	06864-37-5	3,3'-Dimethyl-4-4'-diaminodicyclo-hexylmethane
14	16690	01321-74-0	Divinylbenzene
15	16697	00693-23-2	Dodecanedioic acid
16	17110	16219-75-3	5-Ethylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene
17	18370	00592-45-0	1,4-Hexadiene
18	18700	00629-11-8	1,6-Hexanediol
19	21370	10595-80-9	Methacrylic acid, 2-sulphoethyl ester
20	21400	54276-35-6	Methacrylic acid, sulphopropyl ester
21	21970	00923-02-4	N-methylolmethacrylamide
22	22210	00098-83-9	Alpha-methylstyrene
23	25540	00528-44-9	Trimellitic acid	QM(T) = 5 mg/kg in FP
24	25550	00552-30-7	Trimellitic anhydride	QM(T) = 5 mg/kg in FP (expressed as trimellitic acid)
25	25840	03290-92-4	1,1,1-Trimethylopropane trimethacrylate
26	26230	00088-12-0	Vinylpyrrolidone”