Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

16.  For paragraph 4(b) of Part I (basic rules) of Schedule 4 (overall and specific migration testing using food simulants) there shall be substituted –

“(b) omit the migration, the substitute or the alternative tests where –

(i) there is conclusive proof that the migration limits cannot be exceeded in any foreseeable conditions of use of the material or article, or

(ii) the conditions for non-compulsory testing set out in Article 8.2 and 8.3 of the Directive are met.”.