The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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

7.  For regulation 8 (labelling) there shall be substituted –

• “At marketing stages other than the retail stage a person who is in possession of any plastic material or article intended to come into contact with food shall ensure that the plastic material or article is accompanied by a written declaration which –

  (a)

  attests that it complies with the legislation applicable to it; and

  (b)

  provides, in respect of substances that are subject to a restriction on quantities migrating into food, information obtained from experimental data or theoretical calculation concerning –

  (i)

  the levels of migration specific to those substances;

  (ii)

  where appropriate, purity criteria in accordance with the purity Directives.”.